How To Use Meek In A Sentence

Just a reminder - expenditure on staff costs and consumables is ‘spending’, not ‘investment’, and just because Nu-Labour persists in miscalling it as spending, it doesn't mean we have to accept meekly their attempts to confuse the issue.
The meek shall inherit the earth.
Her bosses are mean to her, she's kind of meek, and doesn't have any friends in the city.
vintner" and "peddler" of his objurgations, and meekly whispers into his ear with the air of a conspirator reporting a plot to his chief. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
I meekly told her about the chewiness of the meat.

WHISTLER In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games. After disappointing Olympics, U.S. biathletes look forward
Although frustrated, the man meekly returned the offending piece back to its stand.
They are ultra-competitive on the field but meek and mild and very polite off the field.
It is fair to say that in their presence I tended to be quiet, almost meek. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
Her motherlessness plays no small role in this; her obstinate self-sufficiency evidently compensates for her father's meekness and her mother's absence.
Instead of that, just a meek and lowly man riding upon the foal of a donkey. Christianity Today
People now realise this meek little mouse can roar if she wants. The Sun
His beautiful, booming voice had transformed this meek man into a powerful, soulful star. The Sun
Ruffs and britches disappeared long ago, and there isn't much to distinguish a Balinese from a Siamese today except a wispy fringe on the underbelly and a meek plume of a tail.
In court, Can tried to act meek and mild. The Sun
I also got a smeek peek at a few rather cool screen shots from the game. ... 1999 July | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net™
Mrs. Williams responded meekly enough but I was sure the moment I was gone the kitchen maids and housemaids would be treated to a rant.
She played the role of a meek, innocent, shy girl. I don't know who she was trying to kid.
Reckon yo 'hain't gwine ter fergit I paid five fer de table," murmured this meek son of Africa. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives
He and his mother are quiet and meek. Times, Sunday Times
Nietzsche's alpha grandmother and two spinster aunts treated his meek, young mother like a hanger-on.
He was always so meek and mild .
Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
Shadow, with her veil drawn, follows Light in secret meekness, with her silent steps of love.
`Mildred... "Sarah Ellis had raised a hand, meekly, as though to remonstrate gently with her companion, calm her down. A TROUT IN THE MILK
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak.
We must now await in meekness the storm that will follow their receipt of London: Saturday, October 18, 1862
He does not come ostentatiously and with anger, but is incarnate through Mary, whose suppliant obedience also demonstrates meekness in a relatively obscure village. Eric Simpson: The Meek Are Reconciled With The Earth: The Basis Of Christian Ecology
When Jesus in the Beatitudes says that the meek shall inherit the earth, he repeats the psalmist's wishful thinking.
The owner rules both workers and family with a rod of iron but one of his daughters rebels by falling in love with his meek shop assistant.
He asked us to learn from Him to be meek and humble of heart. Daily Readings with Mother Theresa
Two weeks ago, the world marched meekly into the year 2003.
The team dispersed in ignominious defeat, and it was not until after dark that the dogs came sneaking back, one by one, by meekness and humility signifying their fealty to White The Love-Master
Only she could transform the superhero's usual meek sex object into a real live girl, actually sexy as opposed to just lusted after.
The cat goes around meekly, crying "mew," while the rest dance around her. Games For All Occasions
He asked us to learn from Him to be meek and humble of heart. Daily Readings with Mother Theresa
By her kind, her meek, her inoffensive behaviour, she had conciliated the sincere good will of all her neighbours and acquaintance; nor amid the busy cares of time was she ever forgetful of Eternity. Letter 413
If any man shall fall by occasion, to restore such a one with the spirit of meekness, by all fair means, gentle admonitions; but if that will not take place, Post unam et alteram admonitionem haereticum devita, he must be excommunicate, as Anatomy of Melancholy
She is meek and subservient to the needs of her God.
Most of the artistic terrain here has been mapped out by the trailblazers of past generations, yet these contemporary artists seem satisfied to meekly follow along this well-worn path.
Just as the uni- prefix implies arrogance, multi- implies meekness, requiring Clinton’s secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, to come up with a toughening modifier: “assertive multilateralism.” The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
'_From that placid aspect and meek regard, _' on the ground that; '_meek regard_ conveys no new idea to _placid aspect_.' Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
I meekly nodded my head, now fully aware of how I was leaning on Vince.
Jarvis meekly swallowed the remains of his coffee, and trotted after Benedict. A DEATH IN TIME
And in their zeal and submissiveness they are so innocently meek and "biddable" that they can listen with reverence to young Hyrum Smith publicly lecturing the grandmothers of the order for occasionally partaking of a cup of thin tea. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
Meek-as-milk-water Nightlily leaped ahead so fast that she nearly pitched backward over the cantle. Knife of Dreams
Why couldn't I have just been a meek little rabbit? Times, Sunday Times
_Gradely_ (graithly) means willingly, meekly or decently; _clem_ means starve; _sithee_ is see you or look you; _clogs_ are shoes with wooden soles and leather uppers, and _dungarees_, garments of coarse cotton cloth rather like overalls. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays
The design of Christianity is to soften and meeken the spirit, to teach us the art of obliging and true complaisance; not to be servants to the lust of any, but to the necessities and infirmities of our brethren -- to comply with all that we have to do with as fare as we can with a good conscience. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
This is clearly an error as Miller and Gurley's younger name could not have priority over Meek and Worthen's older name, unless it was a replacement name for a homonym.
Word of God, instead of allowing it to penetrate more and more the inner spiritual nature: he therefore counsels them to purify themselves from all that is evil, all excrescences of the inward life which passion nourishes, and in meekness to suffer the word implanted in their hearts to take deeper and deeper root therein. The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: II. The Epistle of James, Practically Explained.
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak.
Jesus taught meekness and meekness is despised as a vice; he taught the superiority of the spiritual over the material world, and we have society built on the assumption that might makes right; he taught love and the world is corroded with hate; and our admiration goes out to those who can make others serve them; he taught poverty, and the very church which he founded has grown rich on the fruit of sweat shops and prostitution. Aleta Dey
Regarding anger management, Ms. L. describes herself as a very meek and unassertive person who has difficulty standing up for herself, even when assertiveness may be warranted.
Tonsures and minor orders (the officiating prelate is H.E. Msgr. Basil Meeking, Bishop emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand): 2009 Ordinations for the Institute of Christ the King
Maidens should (or must) be mild and meek, swift to hear and slow to speak.
He and his mother are quiet and meek. Times, Sunday Times
Also there were all Rose's queer black sheep who yielded meekly to her ribbon-wreathed crook, though they "butted" against George's methods. The Guests Of Hercules
Simply put, his wild imagination and inexhaustible creative energy might have been the only consolations for a life that seemed destined for meek destitution from the start.
I didn't travel thousands of miles with a seasick infant to enter meekly.
A young girl meekly played a pipe-organ to one side of the apse.
One name conspicuously absent from that short list: State Senator James Meeks. Chicago Mayor Race: James Meeks Isn't 'Consensus Candidate,' But Still Running
His beautiful, booming voice had transformed this meek man into a powerful, soulful star. The Sun
meekly bowed to his wishes
Latovsky turned Mrs Meeker's Rolodex looking for Cohen's number. DOLL'S EYES
Catholic priests and other ministers have taken vows of poverty or vowed to live meekly.
Despite Frere's exposure of his cryptograph, he had won the confidence of Meekin; and into that worthy creature's ear he poured For the term of his natural life
Meeks' own concluding essay, The Christian Proteus, reminds us of the shape-changing aspect of Paul, a daimon who questions us just when we think we are questioning him.
The castrates were, however, deadly serious in their pursuit of a paradise on earth, and Meek says he came across a history of them in a Parisian bookshop.
He really believes that women are so meek that we are unable to stand our ground against the onslaught of male debate.
The pleasure he takes in humbling the proud and exalting those of low degree (v. 6): The Lord lifts up the meek, who abase themselves before him, and whom men trample on; but the wicked, who conduct themselves insolently towards God and scornfully towards all mankind, who lift up themselves in pride and folly, he casteth down to the ground, sometimes by very humbling providences in this world, at furthest in the day when their faces shall be filled with everlasting shame. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
I heave a coald on my bauck and am could up to my eres hoven sametimes I used alltides to be aswarmer for the meekst and the graced. Finnegans Wake
Luther's stiessen sich -- "jostled," as Meek renders it. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
She might have been a prosperous milliner from the Commercial Road, and she had a meek man along who wore the husband's air of depressed responsibility. The Convert
Caesar, or Christ, that is the question: the vast, attractive, skeptical world, with its pleasures and ambitions and its prodigal promise, or the meek, majestic, and winning figure of Him of Nazareth?
Among them, in the first place, is required a due preparation of soul, by humility, meekness, and teachableness. Pneumatologia
Not sharp and vivid like that of her father, but dim and nebulous was the picture she shaped of her mother — a saint's head in an aureole of sweetness and goodness and meekness, and withal, shot through with a hint of reposeful determination, of will, stubborn and unobtrusive, that in life had expressed itself mainly in resignation. Jack London's Story - Moon Face: Planchette pg 3 of 3
They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild .
She was not surprised, however, at the meek way in which the fallen dictator surrendered.
The big difference between this and all the other Highland Games is that spectators get to participate - meek office-types, and even their husbands, can toss the caber with the big boys.
They all soaked in the steaming water that bubbled up from an underground stream, meekly choosing one of the more temperate baths after the moon-faced manager warned that only hardened veterans—those who stayed for more than a week—could brave the premium pools. A Covert Affair
Judge Meek's writings teem with the romantic and marvellous incidents of the early history of Alabama, such as De Soto's march to the Mississippi, the Battle of Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
What is inherited is not the sickness but sickliness: the lack of strength to resist the danger of infections, etc., the broken resistance; morally speaking, resignation and meekness in face of the enemy.
The formula is some what the same except that the psychiatrist is now the seemingly crazy extravert and the client is the meek and submissive type.
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He was not, however, a man capable of lending himself meekly to schemes of greed, however wilily they were cloaked. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker
I'm just shocked to hear ... the new lingo from the governor, talking about Obamacare," Meek said. Richard Hebert: Florida Debates: Aesop Steals the Show
In her best performance, Joan Fontaine plays a meek woman who falls for a composer (Louis Jordan) in circa 1900 Vienna. 2010 April : Scrubbles.net
It is fair to say that in their presence I tended to be quiet, almost meek. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
The children, full of high spirits and wilfulness, were engaged in their morning romp of trying to evade Meekie, the colored "nannie," whose business it was to bathe them. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa
One of the scientists said that when he fed the chemical to lab rats, they would become completely meek and docile.
Incredibly, as the game restarted, Phil Meek's boot caught fire.
Blythe, blythe, &c. Her bonie face it was as meek15 Song-Blythe was She
And thus, kneeling upon the flower-sprent turf hand in hand and with heads reverently bowed, they were wed, while the six outlaws stared in silent awe and the meek ass cropped the grass busily. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn
The interambulacrum of Meekechinus contains only three columns of plates, which is more similar than the aboral side of Pronechinus to the interpretation of the interambulacrum of the Brownwood echinocystitid.
Showing mercy to others, like being poor, or mourning, or being meek, or like hunger and thirst, is a quality of soul that necessitates death, self-denial, perhaps even significant personal loss. Eric Simpson: Those Who Are Merciful Will Obtain Mercy
meek and self-effacing
Patience can be meekness, patience can be too ready acceptance or passivity.
And forward thinking from another master of mind games means there is no sign of them meekly handing over their crown. The Sun
Eileen wants a man with ‘a nice face, kind eyes and a gentle voice,’ but can only break out of her meek and timorous shell in her fantasies.
At such times she was very subdued in gentleness and in observance of Mr. Carlisle's pleasure; subdued to a meekness foreign to her natural mood, and which, generally, to tell the truth, was accompanied by a very unwonted sedateness of spirits also; something very like the sedateness of despair. The Old Helmet
He answers with exact fidelity to these inward drawings, either by an elevation of his heart towards GOD, or by a meek and fond regard to Him, or by such words as love forms upon these occasions, as for instance, _My God, here I am all devoted to Thee_: LORD, _make me according to Thy heart_. The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life
And hereby he teaches us that, in reproving others, as we should be faithful, so we should also be gentle, and endeavour to restore them in the spirit of meekness, ch. vi. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
He sent Meekins, the officer, to a secret administrative hearing that offered no chance of jail.
At night, this normally meek youth disturbed his fellow novices with violent ravings in his nightmares.
Evangelist renders "the meek," after the Septuagint, is the same which we have found so often translated "the poor," showing how closely allied these two features of character are. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Although Lonnie claimed to admire her so-called feistiness when it was directed at a sloppy repairman or a short-changing pizza delivery person, he wanted her to be as meek as a geisha girl when dealing with him. A Dollar Short
And forward thinking from another master of mind games means there is no sign of them meekly handing over their crown. The Sun
The most well-known example is reenacted, which is the time that Meek turned down an opportunity to produce some sessions for a certain (then relatively unknown) Merseyside combo managed by a Mr. Brian Epstein. Hullabaloo
He spoke from far away inside a little meek voice-box afraid or unwilling to assert himself.
As in all sensitive and generous souls, people born into this sign can seem rather meek and timid.
By fabricating stories and manipulating Roxie's meek husband Amos (Kevin Chamberlain), as well as the press, Flynn turns the murderous adulterer in to a local, yet short-lived celebrity criminal.
Too many bands just stand there, meekly playing their songs without ever bothering to say a word to the crowd or act engaged.
As to particular persons, that follow Christ in meekness, and in fear, and in much trembling, observe, [1.] Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
I meekly asked again for a pint and slunk away from the bar.
Instead of that, just a meek and lowly man riding upon the foal of a donkey. Christianity Today
In school, we were the meek, the shunned, the clueless, the kids with no social life or social status.
O my dear Lady G.! said Emily, as we followed the meek-eyed goddess of wisdom [such her air, her manner, her amiableness, seemed in my thought, at that time, to make her], never, never, was such graciousness! Sir Charles Grandison
Tommy Meekins: We never played what we call clubs or nightclubs. Houston Press | Complete Issue
So it's knockout rugby, not for the meek and mild. Times, Sunday Times
'_From that placid aspect and meek regard, _' on the ground that; '_meek regard_ conveys no new idea to _placid aspect_.' Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid.
Now, my mother is a meek, sweet, tiny little Christian woman who has a mortal fear of driving in strange places.
The chances of Meek falling below 16%, along with all of the voters who remain undecided going to Crist currently appears to be a pipedream. Dueling Partisan Polls Confirm A Toss-Up In Illinois Senate Race
What did the Government members on that committee say, in meek, quiet voices?
Shameless polyandrist, she maintains several consorts -- from three to five seems to be the average number -- and they, semi-transparent, feeble, meek, subdued little fellows, maintain precarious isolated existences in the outskirts of the web. Tropic Days
She seemed so very meek and mild.
In chapter 2, if and when we have doctrinal apostasy, we must know the truth and proclaim it in meekness and in power.
But if in presence of that fayrest proud thou chance to come, fall lowly at her feet: and with meeke humblesse and afflicted mood, pardon for thee, and grace for me intreat. Amoretti and Epithalamion
Behind her, Jenny stood meekly and her eyes shone with sympathy.
It was the seal of heaven's approval on the work of Christ - the clear testimony of the Holy Spirit that the meek and lowly Jesus was the mighty Son of God, who has conquered sin and death for all his people.
But he would be well advised to think hard about going to Villa Park based on this meek surrender. The Sun
The team dispersed in ignominious defeat, and it was not until after dark that the dogs came sneaking back, one by one, by meekness and humility signifying their fealty to White Fang. The Love-Master
Cowardice is called meekness; to temporize is to be charitable and reverent; to speak truth, and shame the devil, is to offend weak brethren, who, somehow or other, never complain of their weak consciences till you hit them hard. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
Far from being meek, mild and modest, librarians hide beneath their demure appearance hot and passionate personalities.
In court, Can tried to act meek and mild. The Sun
It's a clarion call to the meek, the mild-mannered and the indecisive.
We had a period today that was a bit meek and mild and we have to cut those periods out. Times, Sunday Times
In the same way that people can be too meek, they can also be too aggressive.
He stood aside meekly when the new policy was proposed.
When war looms large on the horizon, tiny, meek and often unheard voices of children counsel the wisdom of peace.
Swinging her leg off the black, leather seat, she meekly pulled down her skirt which had hiked up to her upper thighs.
`Mildred... "Sarah Ellis had raised a hand, meekly, as though to remonstrate gently with her companion, calm her down. A TROUT IN THE MILK
Blessed Virgin they were bidden to bethink themselves how "God remembered His mercy and truth toward the House of Israel," exalting "the humble and meek," filling "the hungry with good things," and helping "His servant Israel. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.
She won't object—she's so meek and mild.
Chief Inspector Meeks for one, will be anxiously awaiting the outcome.
They won't always fight; sometimes they run away very meek; the best way to kill'em is to put a ball in the eye, sir; thar's no use in wasting shot in a 'gaiter's hide. The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
There is, and always has been, a lot more to women than the meek, submissive weaklings that we have been made out to be throughout the centuries.
It is fair to say that in their presence I tended to be quiet, almost meek. FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori
The development community was too entrenched for it to meekly give up its position without either a fight or an attempt at adaptation.
I'd also have to say, just to be a nit, that if you are committed enough to the life of the imagination to be a writer -- a non-didactic writer for children, though still a political one -- then perhaps this implies some sort of faith in meekness ...? "Crap, here comes Teacher!"
Mrs. Andelin meekly endured the cruel reproaches levelled at her by indoctrinated feminists who thought they knew how this world should be run. Tribute to Helen
When the matron of an African orphan farm decided that the soft-hearted bachelor Mr J L B Matekoni adopt two of her charges, one in a wheelchair, he meekly agreed.
Polling suggests Rubio is a clear favorite and, even if Clinton had been successful in edging Meek from the race, it's hard to imagine Crist coalescing enough of the vote at this late stage to make a run at the Republican. RGA drops $6.5 million in quartet of governors races
One can be quiet, meek and fun, while the other snarls, bites and attacks everything.
While Meeks has the signatures, and a lot of support, the caucus is worried about his history, namely hateful "remarks from the pulpit about gays -- and his use of the n-word and the term 'slave-master' to describe Daley four years ago. Chicago Mayor's Race Roundup: Rahm Can't Live With Tom Dart...Where Is The Tea Party?
As he watched Obama, Meek says he saw his commander in chief take on a new role: the consoler in chief. Obama takes on role as consoler in chief
Steve had played games with her mind, and she had been meek and submissive.
Possibly he seems a little too meek, and should stand up for himself a bit more.
Many of us were frustrated by what seemed like the complacency of older gays, just as they had once been frustrated by the meekness of an even earlier generation of homophiles.
Of all bores in the world, your quizzing, carping, text‑torturing sceptic is the worst - next to mule driving; and those confounded mules would bore a two inch auger hole through the meekness of Moses himself, were he their master. Life in the Rocky Mountains
They have torn the soul of Christ into silly strips, labelled egoism and altruism, and they are equally puzzled by His insane magnificence and His insane meekness. Orthodoxy
The vicar is distraught, but too meek and mild to withstand his determined churchwarden.
I stagger meekly to the indoor bar with my bag of flyers.
It looked like a pretty meek surrender. The Sun
Far from being meek, mild and modest, librarians hide beneath their demure appearance hot and passionate personalities.
She won't object—she's so meek and mild.
Alex followed behind him meekly, feeling dumb for her childish outburst.
Behold thy king cometh, meek," is most beautifully true here and now. The Uniter and Liberator of America
Moving forward on his hands and knees, he peered over the edge meekly.
Running a hand through her hair, the girl finished off the last undone button on her dress and opened the door, meekly letting Amelia in.
The meek man is thought to lose everything, but Christ promises the contrary, saying, 'No, it is the meek -- he who is not rash nor boastful -- who possesses his goods in safety, while the unsubdued person shall often lose his all and even lose his life.' Eric Simpson: The Meek Are Reconciled With The Earth: The Basis Of Christian Ecology
The spirit that in regard to self is satisfied, before God unhumbled, and towards men unloving, has no part with Christ: this is the proud whom God knoweth afar off, not the meek whom he delights to honour. The Parables of Our Lord
The first-years don't just come to listen - they make our strong-minded dyke co-chairs look meek.
Then he kneeled down and called meekly upon God and said: O The Golden Legend, vol. 7
A sweet sobriety shaded her young face, and a meek smile sat upon her lips, but the old blithesomeness was gone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860
The lines "Friend to the friendless" &c. which you may think "rudely disbranched" from the Chatterton will patch in with the Man of Ross, where they were once quite at Home, with 2 more which I recollect "and o'er the dowried virgin's snowy cheek bad bridal love suffuse his blushes meek!" very beautiful. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
So it's knockout rugby, not for the meek and mild. Times, Sunday Times
It sounded like a book that would teach me how to be a proper lady, complete with frilly lace, curtsying and a lot of time spent being meek.
They patronized the university and the churches, and the pastors especially bowed at their knees in meek subservience. 5 Chapter 4: Slaves of the Machine
His lordship is meekly going to dine at an eightpenny ordinary, his giants in pawn, his men in armor dwindled to “one poor knight,” his carriage to be sold, his stalwart aldermen vanished, his sheriffs, alas! and alas! in gaol! George Cruikshank
Chief Inspector Meeks for one, will be anxiously awaiting the outcome.
The two churches of Vaccarizza, dark and unclean structures, stand side by side, and I was shown through them by their respective priests, Greek and Catholic, who walked arm in arm in friendly wise, and meekly smiled at a running fire of sarcastic observations on the part of another citizen directed against the "bottega" in general -- the _shop, _ as the church is sometimes irreverently called. Old Calabria
She lays special stress upon the "homeliness" and "courtesy" of God's dealings with us, "for love maketh might and wisdom full meek to us. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
She's not meek, like most noble ladies are trained to be.
Renziehausen is a quiet, meek mouse of a soldier with no backbone, and York's performance suggests these qualities very nicely.
In Pritchard, the Conservatives have surely found their very own Rosa Parks, not a meek sempstress, admittedly, but the next best thing: in his words, "a council lad from a very poor background". Animals in circuses: If you're going to rebel, find a better cause | Catherine Bennett
Every dog in office is obeyed with such unquestioning meekness, that every dog in office is tempted to become a cur.
And as wisdom will evidence itself in meekness, so meekness will be a great friend to wisdom; for nothing hinders the regular apprehension, the solid judgment, and impartiality of thought, necessary to our acting wisely, so much as passion. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Even in the Psalm from which these words are taken the promise to the meek is not held forth as an arbitrary reward, but as having a kind of natural fulfilment. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The prayer of the Psalmist that this beauty may be _upon_ us conceives of it as given to us from above and as coming floating down from heaven, like that white Dove that fell upon Christ's head, fair and meek, gentle and lovely, and resting on our anointed heads, like a diadem and an aureole of glory. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms
The visitors who hail from Perth in Western Australia possibly found the lack of bounce and pace in the wicket a problem and folded up rather meekly.
It was as if those gifts sat meekly inside her heart with eyes downcast and wearing a hat. Christianity Today
her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'
There is need of a great deal of meekness in reproving those who deserve reproof. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Since, then, clemency "is leniency of a superior in inflicting punishment on an inferior," as Seneca states (De Clementia ii, 3), and vengeance is taken by means of punishment, it would seem that clemency and meekness are the same. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Douglas would surrender the title meekly to Evander Holyfield eight months later and be remembered as a curiosity rather than a great champion - much as James J Braddock, the original "Cinderella Man" would be remembered after beating Max Baer to win the title in 1936, then losing it to Joe Louis in his first defence two years later. Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
The manicurist was a lithe, tall girl, with a small young, wicked face; and meekly demure. Married Life The True Romance
Would you rather she just sat there, head downcast, assuming a suitably downtrodden, meekly supplicating air for you?
Meeks did chair the committee to study the parking problem, which ultimately recommended that parking assignments be eliminated.

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