mousiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousiness
Noun
  • The timidity of the tactics was utterly shameful.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Indulgence can tip over into self-indulgence all too easily; holding back can result in a timidity that makes a song sound at odds with its subject.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Mamdani tends to focus on Israel’s violations of international law, which are the basis of his pledge to arrest Netanyahu, in deference to a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, if Netanyahu comes to New York.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The judges also noted that the law grants deference to the president in determining when troop deployments are necessary to protect federal agents and property.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the lesson of the Voting Rights Act is that the response to these setbacks isn’t despair or acquiescence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this revenge is the acquiescence of his support base and the GOP representatives to the raw hatred unleashed by our Emir of Evil.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Chambers, meanwhile, is leaning into shyness on this album cycle by frequently covering her face in photos.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This can range from occasional nerves and shyness to paralyzing fears of social situations and people.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But, unsurprisingly, his favorite aspect of the place is its profound quietness.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That quietness wasn't typical, Chyna Sands said.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scott was completing a yearlong master’s program in mathematics, and Noone, a doctoral candidate five years his senior, was charmed by the contrast between his good looks and his diffidence.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, nominators − worldwide members of research academies, university professors, scientists, previous Nobel Prize laureates and members of parliamentary assemblies and others − can choose to reveal their submissions.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Our Hot Ones submissions for this year, which are an annual barometer of what’s hot and what’s not, are stacked full of guessing-game formats covered with The Traitors’ pawprints.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The regenerative alternative is free of lead, heavy metals, PFAS and formaldehyde—meeting compliance standards such as Prop 65, RoHS and Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Hazardous Chemicals (REACH).
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The associate director is responsible for leadership, compliance and operational support requiring a high level of knowledge, skill and expertise to manage a specialized workload impacting all institutions statewide.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Mousiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousiness. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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