The movie is a fantasy about a mousy housewife who is transformed into a glamorous star.
a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there
Recent Examples on the WebBut Denise’s story is effectively just thrown aside as the focus moves on to Denise’s supposedly mousy yet horny neighbor Nicole (Sanda Codreanu).—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Anne Hathaway has never been better than in William Oldroyd's dark erotic thriller, playing a bewitching prison psychologist whose mousy colleague (Thomasin McKenzie) falls under her spell.—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023 Hailan Hu, a neuroscientist at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, wanted to know what would happen in the brains of these mousy muckety-mucks when their pecking order was upended.—Byemily Underwood, science.org, 27 Jan. 2023 At 24, Eileen is a mousy shadow, a pale nonentity going through the motions of a life in circa-1964 Massachusetts.—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for mousy
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'mousy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Share