How to Use meek in a Sentence

meek

adjective
  • She may seem meek and mild but it is all an act.
  • Sweeney plays against type as a meek, dowdy wife fighting to find her voice.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The brand name is off to the side, a bit meek next to the iconic globe.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Soft power isn’t about being meek.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The other, meek and mild-mannered.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But growth is meek, which could be a sign of consumer skittishness.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • This is not a color for the meek, and fabric styles are equally bold these days.
    — Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • Waris, meek but still alert, answers as Shokeen and Nafis try to hide their bloody faces.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Talarico’s Jesus is meek and mild, a man of heart rather than ego.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • To some, the sea seemed too large, too immutable, to do something so meek as disappear.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes the humble may be seen as meek, subservient or self-abasing.
    — Barret Michalec, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Alas, Sanchez couldn’t hold his swing on a 3-0 changeup, and his meek grounder to short killed the threat.
    — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The latter has cut a meek figure to date in the full glare of the Ashes spotlight.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • The once-sharp girl became meek and unresponsive.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Jesus’ words regarding those who would harm children are not gentle, meek, or mild.
    — Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The column was, if anything, meek to the point of embarrassing.
    — Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Employment growth is meek, but the labor market is holding steady.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Mary Agnes, a meek young woman who finds her voice and comes into her own over the course of the inspiring film.
    — Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The good news is that doddering Frank and meek little Mary come to life when needed most.
    — David Coddon, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Tushtu, the meekest, frailest of the chanters, trailing at the back, stopped to turn towards Charu with a sly grin.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Martin, 52, is the harried face of this meek resistance.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • These top musicians — celebrities, stars — were meek as lambs before the maestro, and a little scared, too.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Jenn, while possibly the best person on the show, is too meek and too little in her own estimation.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The Giants’ meek offense was a big factor, as Bochy couldn’t waste even the faintest threat of a rally.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 24 June 2019
  • Social deficits can manifest as belligerent or meek.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Born in a stable among animals, Jesus entered the world humble and meek, not with the grandeur of a king.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
  • At the same time, this California dip seems meek using a national lens.
    — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • Hazan climbed high on the windblown beach and held the female pup up, allowing its meek calls to project over the clamoring waves.
    — Dino Grandoni and Melina Mara, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Kaprizov hasn’t scored since Game 1 and Boldy has mustered a meek three points during the series.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • An otherwise meek little girl found her voice and recited her poem proudly before her peers.
    — Daniel Buck, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026

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