Get to know Milquetoast better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sissy or pansy.
Milquetoast in a sentence
Milquetoast meaning
Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
Using Milquetoast
- The main meaning on this page is: Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
- Useful related words include: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop.
- In the example corpus, milquetoast often appears in combinations such as: and milquetoast.
Context around Milquetoast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milquetoast
- In this selection, "milquetoast" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, laughably, neoliberal, pop and diner stand out and add context to how "milquetoast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after a milquetoast response to and being too milquetoast centrist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milquetoast" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milquetoast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He has denounced Donald Trump as a “neo-fascist” and Mr Biden a “milquetoast neoliberal”. (15 words)
That cannot happen if anti-Jewish prejudice is collapsed into a milquetoast mishmash of all bigotries. (16 words)
Is your fear that Biden won’t budge as much and that his platform will end up being too milquetoast-centrist? (21 words)
Given the rest of Wilson’s history, DeYoung’s criticism could be read as strategic, a way to reach soft Wilson supporters—or perhaps, if you look back at Dye’s or other survivors’ stories, it was just milquetoast, another way to spin things. (44 words)
After decades of working in other Thai restaurants, in early 2020, Ramphung and her husband opened Thailand Tawan on Main Street in Heber, adding a spicy shot of diversity to a community featuring mostly fast-food options and milquetoast diner fare. (41 words)
In what has to be one of ‘s most laughably milquetoast musical performances in some time, rising pop country star came on to establish that there is in fact a Faygo to Maroon 5’s RC Cola. (37 words)
Is your fear that Biden won’t budge as much and that his platform will end up being too milquetoast-centrist? (21 words)
These milquetoast "both sides do it" centrists who think the best thing for the Democratic Party would be to make it Republican-lite again? (24 words)
Example sentences (10)
Given the rest of Wilson’s history, DeYoung’s criticism could be read as strategic, a way to reach soft Wilson supporters—or perhaps, if you look back at Dye’s or other survivors’ stories, it was just milquetoast, another way to spin things.
He has denounced Donald Trump as a “neo-fascist” and Mr Biden a “milquetoast neoliberal”.
In a digital world, where most don’t crate-dig in record stores and where algorithms happily feed us milquetoast pop, digs for us, sifting diamonds from dirt.
After decades of working in other Thai restaurants, in early 2020, Ramphung and her husband opened Thailand Tawan on Main Street in Heber, adding a spicy shot of diversity to a community featuring mostly fast-food options and milquetoast diner fare.
A true collaboration between Huza and Milquetoast, the video is one of the most striking animations to come out of the local music scene.
Is your fear that Biden won’t budge as much and that his platform will end up being too milquetoast-centrist?
It’s almost like the states that said YOLo and reopened after a milquetoast response to begin with have doomed the rest of the country to endure this longer than we should have needed to.
In what has to be one of ‘s most laughably milquetoast musical performances in some time, rising pop country star came on to establish that there is in fact a Faygo to Maroon 5’s RC Cola.
That cannot happen if anti-Jewish prejudice is collapsed into a milquetoast mishmash of all bigotries.
These milquetoast "both sides do it" centrists who think the best thing for the Democratic Party would be to make it Republican-lite again?
Common combinations with milquetoast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: