meeker
- comparative of meek.
Example Sentences
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First, riverbank lupine snuck into the garden on a mislabeled seed package, swamping meeker plants.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023
But the evening quickly becomes awkward, as the incorrigible alpha male Lucas teases and pokes at the meeker Adam, making unreasonable demands on him and Eva until Adam finally breaks and spills some embarrassing secrets.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2022
Ron is a gigantic goof who either doesn't read body language well or ignores it entirely, overpowering the smaller, meeker Marcus with his gigantic personality and boundless acts of kindness.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2021
It is a much meeker role — and exactly the right fit for Canada.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2015
Give him a chance, and he’d ride over any one; but get the upper hand of him, and he is 277 meeker than Moses.
From That Girl Montana by Ryan, Marah Ellis
