Sentence example with the word 'mincing'

mincing

affected, effeminate, exquisite, finicky, goody good-good, nice, particular, precieuse, precisionistic, simpering

Definition adj. affectedly dainty or refined

Last update: July 15, 2015

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She spoke in a soft mincing voice.   [Please select]

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Taking mincing steps so that the water wouldn't slosh out of the buckets, she worked her way toward the barn door.   [Please select]

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Far different was the impression produced by the gaunt and mincing lady who followed on Mr.   [Please select]

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Marmaduke mincing his steps, for it had rained that morning.   [Please select]

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But what's the use of mincing matters with an intelligent woman like you.   [Please select]

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These plumes waved gracefully in the air with every mincing step the Princesses took.   [Please select]

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"Yes, O King," he said in a mincing voice, "let him enter and kill a lion."   [Please select]

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When the others are toot-tooting, it's just 'Polly, put the kettle on' (mimicking a mincing treble).   [Please select]

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His proclamation looks like real earnestness; no mincing the matter with the rebels.   [Please select]

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Luise Ivanovna made haste to curtsy almost to the ground, and with mincing little steps, she fluttered out of the office.   [Please select]

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Mr Dedalus amid the din walked off, murmuring to himself with a pursing mincing mouth gently: The little nuns.   [Please select]

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