pantywaist

Example Sentences

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Fox News’ senior political analyst ripped into the school’s “pantywaists” as the nation honored veterans on Monday.

From Washington Times

McMahon asked rhetorically at the news conference announcing plans for the original XFL “This will not be a league for pantywaists and sissies.”

From Seattle Times

The liberal pantywaist was removed from the thread.

From New York Times

We can blame free speech carried to irresponsible and obnoxious extremes, and we can blame the pantywaist spinelessness of liberalism.

From Salon

In the masculine world of pro football, he essentially said he didn’t want to be one of those pantywaists that ran crying to the training room about every little hangnail.

From Washington Post