milquetoast

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Recent Examples of milquetoast Each of the game’s major areas — with milquetoast monikers like Flare Pool and Volt Forge — saddles the player with a new Federation members who’s been trapped on Viewros. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025 At other times, confusing or milquetoast themes have made the event feel out of touch. Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025 Whereas Melvin was a milquetoast mainstay with two decades of experience as a major-league manager, Vitello arrives as a 47-year-old firebrand who neither played nor coached at any level of professional baseball. Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milquetoast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
Noun
  • Time constraints once again strike here, but there’s also the fact that the movie drops the plot’s true twist — that Grace is a coward — only a few minutes before.
    Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Soderbergh extracts some fun from the ensuing cat-and-mouse logistics, from Lori’s meticulous duplication of the Christophers to Julian’s efforts to bluff her into admitting her true intentions.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • During tournaments, this mouse is incredibly reliable thanks to its fast response rate, enabling quicker keystrokes and actions.
    George Yang, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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