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Recent Examples of softyTurns out the big softy was just a player’s coach.—Joseph Goodman, al, 10 July 2022 Lindsay is a softy at heart!—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2021 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 The second goal Mrázek allowed, this one by Megna, was a real softy — though Jones did him no favors.—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023 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 fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.
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David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
In Europe the obvious weaklings are Lancia, Alfa Romeo, and DS.
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