wimp

Example Sentences

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Tell me you’re not a wimp without telling me you’re not a wimp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

"So, either she's going to be a wimp, and do nothing, or she's going to be driven and ambitious. Character is what drives everything forward."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

The stakes were much lower on Thursday, but the pattern held firm: Jordan's focus was on creating an illusion of tenacity while being too much of a wimp to own up to his own failures.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2023

It’s a tough assignment for a self-described wimp who ceaselessly cites his own shortcomings: bad grades, a flabby torso, a smarmy personality.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

You were always such a wimp, Moira says, but with affection.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood