faint-heartedness
Example Sentences
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But the possibility is floated that it's over for serious novels of any sort other than those that salve our faint-heartedness.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
The Germans loudly boasted of their triumph; but, to their amazement, there was no sign of war-weariness or faint-heartedness amongst the Allies.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by James Edward Parrott
One could not expect from his friendship either enthusiasm, ardour, or abandon; on the other hand, one need not dread either faint-heartedness, treachery, or after-thoughts.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville
Such were, after her last interrogatory and the suffering produced by her illness, the spells of resoluteness and faint-heartedness that wrestled with each other and alternately exalted and again cast the heroine down.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
Is it after listening to what we have heard this evening that we have cause for any faint-heartedness about the spirit of our soldiery?
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
