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The few how-was-this-written jam sessions we get are fairly bland: That irresistibly self-aggrandizing anthem “We Will Rock You” is explained away with some mealymouthed blather about audience participation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2018

But not even a mealymouthed attempt at political satire is ultimately enough to rescue “The Boss Baby” from its pervasive sourness and paucity of imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2017

Roughan hasn't completely settled on Fiorina, but she took pleasure in mocking some of her mealymouthed male rivals who periodically get tongue-tied when the pressure of the campaign intensifies.

From US News • Sep. 25, 2015

And in a chilling final twist, it appears that Diane and Will sold out the Blowtorch workers in interests of deep-pocketed client ChumHum, answering Alicia’s outrage with a mealymouthed non-denial denial.

From Time • Apr. 22, 2013

“Don’t give me your simpering, mealymouthed answers. We’ve repaid our debts a dozen times over.”

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep