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
Bunyip Bluegum reproved this faint-heartedness, saying, 'As our misfortunes are due to exhibiting too great a trust in scoundrels, so let us bear them with the greater fortitude.
From The Magic Pudding by Lindsay, Norman
Weakness, on the contrary, is faint-heartedness, timidity, lack of courage.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Luther, Martin
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 Lever, Charles James
"You need not taunt me with faint-heartedness," cried Hromund.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
