wimp
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As I walked into the medical clinic for my blood test, all I could think about was how to avoid looking like a wimp on camera.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
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
I’m too much of a wimp to read horror, though I have been pleasantly surprised by thrillers like “My Sister, the Serial Killer,” by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
“Everyone thinks I’m a wimp because Tommy is so outgoing,” she told The Times in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
I’ve never felt comfortable crying in front of family because I didn’t want them to think that I’m a big wimp.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
This is the new state of play in college sports: Rebuilding is for wimps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Quoting the investor Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street, she said "lunch is for wimps".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
Davis was so powerful he even stymied a crowd that wore “Gold Blooded” T-shirts but acted more like wimps.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Sir Mix-a-Lot has a couple of choice words for the folks out there in social media land calling Seattleites weather wimps.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2021
She felt that the only reason they’d survived this long without turning into cowardly wimps or juvenile delinquents was because they’d had each other.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
