cowardly

Example Sentences

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But it certainly makes him look cowardly that he can’t even muster the fortitude to say it in public, much less to his boss’s face.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 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

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

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

He’s much too cowardly to ever say “you’re fired!” to anyone’s face.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

My heart pounds in my chest, and there is a part of me, the cowardly, yellow part, that urges me to turn around and scamper on back to bed.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland