wussy

Example Sentences

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Call me a wussy hippie, but what Loreen gave Hannah didn’t feel like tough love, or good mothering.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2017

I mean, what 12-year-old isn’t going to roll their eyes at the wussy parts?

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2014

There’s a tendency to jump to the conclusion that because modern parents are squeamish about violence in fiction we must be wussy and overprotective.

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2012

The crux of the problem is this: I want to be held, and it is an awful, wussy feeling.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2010

“I was tired of being a wussy little do-gooder and I wanted out.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth