Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Booker has portrayed McGrath as a milquetoast centrist, ignoring how a moderate may be more electable in the ruby-red state. Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, "After Bernie Sanders loss, Left tries to show political muscle in congressional primaries," 18 June 2020

The game prominently features the perennially underrated DK (and his expanded universe) as opposed to the milquetoast Mario. Ars Staff, Ars Technica, "Games getting us through COVID-19—blocks, roguelites, whatever Death Stranding is," 25 Apr. 2020

King believed complacency and milquetoast protestations were more effective in promoting white supremacy than outright bigotry. Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, "The 2020 Candidates Can’t Sanitise Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy," 20 Jan. 2020

This is in high contrast with her brother, Walt (Michael Shannon), who runs Harlan’s publishing company and wears muted, drab cardigans and milquetoast pleated khakis. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, "The Curious Case of Chris Evans’s Sweater," 18 Dec. 2019

Before the days of Peyton Manning and his milquetoast insurance ads, there was football’s true dual threat—or in the case of Sammy Baugh, quadruple threat. The Si Staff, SI.com, "100 Figures Who Shaped the NFL’s First Century," 28 Aug. 2019

One Paseo, unfortunately, is essentially a milquetoast mall with a parking problem. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: A love affair with Michael Mina’s cooking heats up with International Smoke," 22 Aug. 2019

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