cowardly
Example Sentences
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But then, a little frustration at a cowardly lack of social etiquette is better than, say, a date abandoning you in the middle of a wilderness hike, i.e., the alpine divorce.
From Salon
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
In his own estimation, he had behaved cowardly.
From Literature
At the end of a crisis, there is a cowardly tendency to sit back and say 'phew'.
From BBC
It is cowardly, I know, but I cannot see your faces and walk away.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
