craven

Example Sentences

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In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

Musk said Sir Ed was "a craven coward".

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

These craven handovers will have an entirely predictable result: They will only encourage further extortionate suits against news organizations.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

These people are craven dummies, but they do make up a good swath of Canada’s eligible voters.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2025

He was complacent and insecure, daring in the administrative stratagems he employed to bring himself to the attention of his superiors and craven in his concern that his schemes might all backfire.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller