cowardly

Example Sentences

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Hoping someone else will intervene isn’t cowardly; it’s a means of survival in constantly uncertain conditions.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

He said the Iranian forces behind the strike were "ugly, cowardly and disgusting" - an unusually blunt personal insult for a head of state.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Villanueva called the decision cowardly when reached on Thursday, noting that Duterte had already been declared fit to stand trial.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Surely, I thought, the film will figure out how it feels by the time it offs a Redfellow who’s merely ordinary-terrible: Bill Camp’s drunken, cowardly banker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“He didn’t cuff you. He didn’t drag you in because he had an old beef with your uncle, which, really, is such a cowardly thing to do.”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben