sissy

Example Sentences

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Everyone contributed what money they could to save George’s business from Mr. Potter, an unsentimental tycoon who makes the toughest takeover bankers and lawyers seem like sissies.

From Barron's

She concluded her post: “Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!”

From Los Angeles Times

In high school, I was known as the sissy kid with liberal politics who loved Jesus.

From Los Angeles Times

Backstage in the green room Ferrell’s band, whose members have taken to calling her “sissy” — the Southernism for “sister” — mugged for the camera, taking selfies to send back home to Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times

“As Jimmy said a few months ago, ‘Growing old is not for sissies.’

From Los Angeles Times