simpering
Example Sentences
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Simpering over boiled pudding is neither professional nor noble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Simpering store-window dummies posed on the uncomfortable upholstery of government-surplus furniture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Simpering now the happy singer Rubbed his hands and blessed the May-time, As he saw a glowing vision Of the pan with fishes frying.
From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Simpering along the corridors the same compliments they simpered twenty years ago.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Simpering and sniggering, then, he bade me drink a good cup of Greek wine, keep my spirits up, and not be frightened.
From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington
