Example Sentences

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Chlorinated city water was for namby-pambies, she said.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Shall we disregard the order, and do as we please, or be namby-pambies and submit to the outrage?

From Mary Louise by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)