chicken-hearted
Example Sentences
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Joe Ruby, who helped invigorate Saturday morning children’s television as the co-creator of Scooby-Doo, the long-running animated franchise about a group of teenage private eyes and their chicken-hearted, snack-guzzling Great Dane, died Aug. 26 at his home in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 87.
From Washington Post
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
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
In this toxic climate, what chicken-hearted wimp would dare step from the shadows and say: “Ecce Homo: Tis I”?
From Salon
Chicken-hearted, too, all easy shots.
From The New Yorker
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