Walter Mitty
Example Sentences
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Jones said he spotted his Walter Mitty dressed as "a senior rank in the RAF" and "wearing medals he wasn't entitled to".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
“Snoopy, for example, is said to be an ‘extrovert beagle with a Walter Mitty complex.’
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
In short, “Toes” is a Walter Mitty story — a shaggy-dog tale about a man whose wild daydreams are at once a coping strategy and a revelation of his character.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022
In her work for the 2013 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Greene used antique patterns to outfit Ben Stiller’s character in a 1940s playsuit.
From The Verge • Jun. 20, 2022
“To aging Walter Mitty types like myself, Dick Bass was an inspiration,” Seaborn Beck Weathers explained in a thick East Texas twang during the trek to Everest Base Camp last April.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
