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Recent Examples of milquetoast
Other Party bigwigs expressed disappointment, too, from the progressives Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to the milquetoast Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Instead, audiences got the frustratingly milquetoast sci-fi tale of Jim (Chris Pratt), an engineer who accidentally wakes up nearly a century too early during an interstellar journey to a far-off planet and becomes obsessed with a pretty writer named Aurora (Lawrence), who’s still in hibernation.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 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
Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO, pointed to a surprise rebound in wages and salaries, which were up 0.6% in July after a milquetoast 0.1% in June, as evidence that consumers still have some cushion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Instead, audiences got the frustratingly milquetoast sci-fi tale of Jim (Chris Pratt), an engineer who accidentally wakes up nearly a century too early during an interstellar journey to a far-off planet and becomes obsessed with a pretty writer named Aurora (Lawrence), who’s still in hibernation.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 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
Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO, pointed to a surprise rebound in wages and salaries, which were up 0.6% in July after a milquetoast 0.1% in June, as evidence that consumers still have some cushion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milquetoast
Noun
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John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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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
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Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?—
Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
15 Nov. 2023
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If the mouse doesn't interest you, save money by subscribing to the standalone Hulu app.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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Health inspectors found mouse droppings between cabinets and a refrigerator in the kitchen and on a shelf by the stove.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Milquetoast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milquetoast. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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