simpering

Example Sentences

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Geoffrey’s simpering, emotional stuntedness may make it difficult for, say, the village’s priest or barkeep to see much of themselves in him.

From The Verge • May 9, 2022

If the real-life Lewinsky is okay being portrayed as a simpering mess as she is here — and who wasn’t at age 22? — then all power to her.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Davies was a gifted comedienne whose career was, if anything, hampered by her lover-producer’s insistence that she play only the simpering heroines of historical melodramas.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2020

But while characters like David Copperfield’s simpering first wife, Dora, may fulfil this stereotype, there are also radical departures.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2020

The simpering landlady on the first floor takes the sheaf of ration tickets he offers and buries them in her housecoat.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr