: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person
Examples of wimp in a Sentence
just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp
what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?
Recent Examples on the Web
Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
All nudity in my films is a result of Shauna pushing me and calling me a wimp.
—Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Leftovers from the Big Bang, wimps are invisible and slow, compared with the speed of light, and can only be detected through their gravitational effect on other objects.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
All nudity in my films is a result of Shauna pushing me and calling me a wimp.
—Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Leftovers from the Big Bang, wimps are invisible and slow, compared with the speed of light, and can only be detected through their gravitational effect on other objects.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for wimp
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wimp. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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