cravenness

Example Sentences

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As we’ve seen time and time again, consumer companies are notable not for their steadfastness in defending the public interest, but their cravenness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

But considering the stakes now, the cravenness of their opportunism can still shock even after all of this time.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022

But I think you should prepare yourself for continued volatility on her part, and continued cravenness on your brother’s, sorry as I am to have to make such a prediction.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2021

We won’t here delve into the cause of congressional cravenness, except to say that the individual ambitions of careerist lawmakers has made lawmaking seem rather too icky.

From Fox News • Feb. 18, 2019

This cravenness, this kowtowing before any idiot with a louder voice, certainly wasn't in his genes.

From The Odyssey of Sam Meecham by Fritch, Charles E.