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 • Mar. 8, 2026

Surely, I thought, the film will figure out how it feels by the time it offs a Redfellow who’s merely ordinary-terrible: Bill Camp’s drunken, cowardly banker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

At the end of a crisis, there is a cowardly tendency to sit back and say 'phew'.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

She had previously described Majek as a "sick, twisted and cowardly human".

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

“He didn’t cuff you. He didn’t drag you in because he had an old beef with your uncle, which, really, is such a cowardly thing to do.”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben