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Recent Examples of softyKnox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024 For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023 Turns out the big softy was just a player’s coach.—Joseph Goodman, al, 10 July 2022 Hardened, tattooed Saira — whose relationship with her family frayed after the early death of her sister — is willing to mentor Amina when even the group’s resident softy, bassist Bisma (Faith Omole), is ready to give up on the talented newbie.—Washington Post, 16 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for softy
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.
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Alex Mar,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2023
Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.
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Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
2 July 2025
Based on this challenge, the groups would have been weaklings Cedrek, Star, Chrissy, Sai, Kamilla, and Mary in one group and Eva, Joe, Mitch, Kyle, David, and Shauhin in the strongman group.
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