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

"You'll go down as a wimp," Trump told Pence the morning of Jan.6, according to the book.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2022

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

My avatar was a third-level wimp, with nonmagical weapons and twenty-seven measly hit points.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline