wuss

Example Sentences

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Maybe you’re a fellow weather wuss or you had a pandemic baby who hasn’t seen much of the indoor world yet.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023

This excerpt makes him look like a wuss!

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2022

When it comes to food, I am adventurous in my tastes, but I am a wuss about heat — a connoisseur of blandness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021

I remember the dizziness, headaches, et. al. and being told to "get back in there" or I was some kind of wuss.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018

“Not because I’m a do-gooder but because I’m a big giant wuss who no one wants to have around. So there, now you know.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman