For dessert, my grandmother served a steaming wet Nelly with custard.

After the rain, the children found a shallow puddle and dubbed it a wet nelly before splashing around.

At the pub, someone laughed when Mark used Wet Nelly, later explaining that it was an alternative form of the phrase.

Her nice-Nellyism made her refuse to wear anything revealing even at the beach.

Don't be such a nice Nelly at the party — come dance!

Although everyone else relaxed at the party, Louise stayed nice-Nelly and refused to dance.

Her insistence on avoiding conflict, which some labeled nice-nellyism, often left her own needs unmet.

The nice Nellies volunteered to decorate the community center for the holiday.

The manager's nice-nelly approach to feedback caused confusion.

Whoa, Nelly — slow down, the road's icy!