cowardly

Example Sentences

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When Paul and Gaz confront Dee, Taylor’s response is so cowardly that it’s pathetic, suggesting a spinelessness that bedeviled him long before he wound up in jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

The United Nations on Tuesday called the recent attacks "heinous and cowardly".

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Grace was certain he was too cowardly, too shifty, to join up, but she had her own reason to be bitter.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan