Example sentences for: mealy-mouthed

How can you use “mealy-mouthed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Today, Gingrich, Lott, Gephardt, and Hyde broke their silence with some of the most mealy-mouthed statements you could ever hope to hear.

  • At the Conservative Political Action Conference, Steve Forbes ridiculed "compassionate conservative" rhetoric, "mushy moderates," "mealy-mouthed rhetoric and poll-tested clichés."

  • To me, his libertarianism and call-a-spade-a-spade plain-spokenness seem attractive--since moral authoritarianism (Gary Bauer, Pat Buchanan, et al.) and mealy-mouthed temporizing (practically every politician except the moral authoritarians Bob Kerrey and Bill Weld) are the things that scare and disgust me most in contemporary politics.

  • ' " Steve Forbes objected manfully, declaring: "Mealy-mouthed rhetoric and poll-tested clichés are no substitute for a muscular substantive agenda," then he took a swing at a poor person bequeathed to him in his father's will.

  • Bulworth, a California Democrat up for re-election, is weary of the mealy-mouthed speeches and fund raising.


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