meekness

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Recent Examples of meekness Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness. Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025 Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record. James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2025 There is no meekness to his game. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024 Its rejection of the player feels somehow intentional—the result of meekness, perhaps, or some unknowable thought process. Patrick House, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024 Watch Leo on Netflix Anger Management Sandler stars alongside Jack Nicholson in 2003’s Anger Management, about a mild-mannered man (Sandler) who learns to overcome his meekness with the help of a loud, brash, slobby anger management coach (Nicholson). Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Dempsey brings the perfect balance of awkwardness and genuine romanticism to his scenes with Peterson, and forges a believable arc from meekness to self-confidence for Ronald. Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023 But her ennui shouldn’t be mistaken for blandness or meekness. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meekness
Noun
  • Fellow lawmakers and leaders described him Saturday as a gentle man of humility and integrity who was deeply respected on both sides of the aisle and who fought for his fellow firefighters until the end of his life.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2025
  • Accountability, collaboration, courage, humility, justice, temperance, drive, integrity, judgment, transcendence, and humanity.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Some riders cycle in their underwear or in swimsuits due to personal modesty or chafing.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • The modesty of their portrayals, however, subtly draws us in.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025

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