Example Sentences

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Bharara’s wimpiness was, in Eisinger’s view, a product of Justice Department culture, which largely gives corporate criminals a pass.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2017

As a young teen-ager in the mid-nineties, I avoided the exploits of Scully and Mulder, owing to systemic wimpiness.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 6, 2016

His extreme wimpiness, in keeping with Stephen Lancellotti’s undernourished and overwrought screenplay, nudges the film away from tension and toward the absurd.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

The discussion of Rose’s wimpiness and selfishness would be loud, believe me.

From Chicago Tribune • May 6, 2013

I suppose the game-averse can’t discount the possibility that their resistance boils down to pure wimpiness, a desire to hide from the harsh reality that there are winners and losers in this world.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2012