sissy

Example Sentences

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“You worried so much about me, but look sissy, I didn’t turn out too bad,” Barnes said as she displayed the black gown she was just donned with.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2021

“I was never ashamed of being a sissy, and I wore the bullying as a badge of honor,” he writes.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

“Here in front of you? I might be the biggest sissy you’ve ever had on the show.”

From The Verge • Oct. 31, 2019

With a book by Todd Almond, the show poignantly traced the slow awareness of a special bond between the class jock and the class sissy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2015

Colonel Cathcart wanted to rush to his side and comfort him, but did not want to look like a sissy in front of General Dreedle.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller