cowardice
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Sentencing, the judge said Rhodes's cowardice added to his list of "malignant characteristics".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the most ruthless member of the top echelon, went into hiding, his reputation for cowardice intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
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
“The sense of security in our community has, again, been shattered by the act of cowardice and hate that is unacceptable,” David Englin, senior regional director of the ADL Los Angeles said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Crossing a river at night on a crude raft, wearing armor, with an enemy waiting on the other side—-if that was gallantry, he would take cowardice every time.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing cowardice
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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