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

Now, what would you say, squire'—an unaccountable faint-heartedness seized Uncle Zack at this juncture, and he coughed a hesitation.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

For shame, my lord governor," said another; "what a faint-heartedness is this?

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

I often stopped on the way with weariness and faint-heartedness, but did not again turn back, and by two o'clock in the afternoon I reached my own cottage.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

He remained indeed a child, with the charm, the gaiety, the simplicity of a child, but with the wilfulness, the faint-heartedness, the desultoriness of a child.

From Beside Still Waters by Benson, Arthur Christopher