milquetoast

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Recent Examples of milquetoast The always-bold, always-hyper Daffy is incorrigibly incompetent, while shy milquetoast Porky is too busy nursing a crush on beautiful gum-flavor scientist Petunia Pig (voiced by Candi Milo) to ever really accomplish much. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025 Ian McEwan explored this gray territory in his novel Machines Like Me, where his milquetoast protagonist smilingly tolerates his robot's romantic overtures toward his love interest—until the threat of displacement becomes all too real. Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025 Maye entered the Rams game with a milquetoast 84.1 career passer rating but an astounding 9.3 yards per run. Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024 What if Cena had never been able to break away from his milquetoast debut? Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for milquetoast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
Noun
  • Today’s Republican Party is a bunch of weak, spineless cowards who cower in obedient terror at Trump’s feet.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2025
  • Now, all of these cowards that were too scared to give us a chance [want to work with us] because there’s no risk involved anymore.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Mouse zone types Many keyboard trays include a separate area meant to hold a mouse.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Lamm and his team have most famously brought back the mythical direwolf from extinction and created a woolly mouse, but not without a slew of controversy.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025

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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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