chicken-hearted
Example Sentences
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All of this only makes Moran’s willingness to stand up for the separation of powers and for democratic values more commendable - and the calculus of his colleagues more chicken-hearted.
From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2019
In the 1970s, the strapping Mr. Einstein debuted the character of Super Dave Osborne, a clumsy, chicken-hearted knockoff of flamboyant motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2019
In this toxic climate, what chicken-hearted wimp would dare step from the shadows and say: “Ecce Homo: Tis I”?
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2018
My point is that the movie, which is sometimes very funny in the usual zany, pop-surrealist sketch-comedy manner, is studiously inoffensive and thoroughly chicken-hearted.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2012
At the door, Smith said to Hickock, “No chicken-hearted jurors, they!”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
