faint heart
Example Sentences
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She said the doctor quickly performed an internal exam, which detected faint heart activity, then rushed Amanda into an emergency cesarean section.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2022
Large though his sober soutane was, the young priest had to secrete a quantity of papers so great as to have given a man of faint heart pause.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not hard to find men of fine intellect and faint heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one corner of the ring sat the buffoon of heavyweights, U. S. ex-Champion Max Baer, sometimes described as Madcap Max of the faint heart, now billed as attempting a serious comeback.
From Time Magazine Archive
At lunch, in the twinkling noon light, she found what looked to be a faint heart traced into the grime of the kitchen window.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
