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Recent Examples of wimp
Otherwise, they are destined to be remembered as useless and timid wimps as the U.S. was slouching toward a dictatorship.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wimp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimp
Noun
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Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.—
Alex Mar,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2023
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Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2022
Noun
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Please do not take the coward’s way.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He's seen as a weakling, and he must be culled from the clan.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Last year, Paramount, which owns CBS Sports, looked like a weakling compared to its competitors.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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