The child appeared to be meek in demeanor until the discussion of bedtime arose. From LearnThat.org.
meek and self-effacing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Behold thy king cometh, meek," is most beautifully true here and now. From Wordnik.com. [The Uniter and Liberator of America] Reference
Meanwhile, as becomes us, let us bow our heads in meek submission to the divine will!. From Wordnik.com. [Memorial Sermons] Reference
"Thar ain't any way of cultivatin 'a proud natur when you're born meek, is thar?" inquired his son. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
They patronized the university and the churches, and the pastors especially bowed at their knees in meek subservience. 5. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4: Slaves of the Machine] Reference
"Very -- I don't want to use the word 'meek' -- but just very polite.". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Actually, surviving is too meek a word to describe it. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - No Anna in sight, but women's tennis is still growing] Reference
He has been described as meek and passive and obedient. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2006] Reference
Empathy for the meek is a basic mammalian behavior program indispensible for parenting, courtship and general social living. From Wordnik.com. [A Week To Go] Reference
Oh, I could dish it back but I distinctly recall a meek-mannered Duke grad student who looked like he was going to cry once during class. From Wordnik.com. [La Profesora Abstraida] Reference
These "meek" ladies will eat the kook for breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
She looks very, kind of meek and mild, but she's not at all. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2008] Reference
In other words: What will enable the "meek" to inherit the earth?. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: What is the World Coming To?] Reference
She turned to Marjorie with a kind of meek trust that touched the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
‘I am astonished at you!’ said Gashford, with a kind of meek severity. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
We sort of imagine him to be kind of meek and disempowered and he ` s wielding his power. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2008] Reference
Yes, he shows us how the "meek" shall inherit the earth by Ruth on Thursday, Aug 20, 2009 at 10: 55: 29 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Evil Masquerades as Good Because It Thinks It Is.] Reference
Cleary particularly objected to the description of the board as "meek" pawns of Democratic Sec. of State Mark Ritchie. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota Canvassing Board Member Fires Back At The Journal] Reference
The author makes it quite clear that the humble, gentle, peaceful and "meek" majority should not necessarily be silent. From Wordnik.com. [Capricorn Solar Eclipse, January 14-15, 2010: Planting the Vision of a People's New World Order] Reference
To him in meek submission bend. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor] Reference
The word "meek" in English implies cowardice or timidity. From Wordnik.com. [Possessing the Treasure] Reference
Did I mention that Hartley used to be kind of meek actin '?. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy and Vee] Reference
The word translated 'meek' has a wider and deeper meaning than that. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1976), "meek," 1403. 3. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"I am astonished at you!" said Gashford, with a kind of meek severity. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
'I am astonished at you!' said Gashford, with a kind of meek severity. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge]
The "meek" shall be used, exploited, over and over again; unless they rebel. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
His use of the word, which has been poorly translated as "meek," was in the sense of. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Christianity] Reference
We the meek are all in one. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » BREAKING: Fitzgerald Back At Grand Jury.] Reference
Ban has been less meek about the U.N. bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [Bound to Fail] Reference
The Democrats apparently hope that the meek will inherit Congress. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: A HUMBLE DEFENDER OF THE CATHOLIC FAIT] Reference
Yet Gert Clark, 59, is hardly a meek, long-suffering military wife. From Wordnik.com. [The Spouse: The General's Own Mp] Reference
In fact, he was "" genuinely meek, in the beatitudinal, the biblical sense. ''. From Wordnik.com. [A New Yorker Love Story] Reference
Why is it the meek to whom the Beatitudes promise the inheritance of "the land"?. From Wordnik.com. [A Jesus Beyond Politics] Reference
During the 1952 campaign, Eisenhower criticized Truman-style containment as meek. From Wordnik.com. [Barack W. Bush] Reference
Let's say the meek, the poor, the merciful all suspect His hand despite the evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Cairns: The Feast of the Transfiguration] Reference
Francis is meek, barely literate, from a broken home and looking for parental figures. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Secret] Reference
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