coward
Example Sentences
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The 53-year-old carpenter was branded a "coward" by Judge Mrs Justice Naomi Ellenbogen for not attending his sentencing after a retrial at Inner London Crown Court.
From BBC
Molly watched him go, unable to decide whether he knew more than he was letting on or was just a coward.
From Literature
Breaking ranks in a constitutional democracy may not incur the same risks as in a totalitarian regime, but revising the dictionary of received ideas isn’t for cowards in any society.
But even while Charlie longs to recross the wine dark sea to America, he ought to take solace in Homer’s words: “No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”
I am thankful for all the arcane references to pop culture I have at my disposal to frame the workings of a true coward like Hegseth.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
