cowardice
Example Sentences
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At this point, all we can hope is that his inherent cowardice will win out over his monstrous ego one more time.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Abdel-Fattah, a novelist, lawyer and academic, had been invited to the festival to discuss her latest novel Discipline – which she describes as "a cautionary tale about the cost of silence and cowardice".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
“Self-censorship” is what Mr. Hersh calls the flaw in so many news organizations to miss or ignore controversial stories, when what he really means is laziness and cowardice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Jordy proclaimed his innocence in a video on social media, saying that the police had the "cowardice" to raid his home on his daughter's third birthday.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
In fact, I was beginning to believe that walking away from Ocean now, at a time like this, would be the greatest act of cowardice.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Vocabulary lists containing cowardice
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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