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
Scudamour's faint-heartedness was the cause of their grief and disappointment.
From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
No power on earth except faint-heartedness on your own part, can defeat you....
From The Issue The Case for Sinn Fein by Lector
Able generals replaced those who, through treachery or faint-heartedness, had surrendered the fortresses.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
There was a faint-heartedness aboot me that I couldna get the better o'; and a score o' sheets o' paper perished in the attempts I made to concoct something suitable to the occasion.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
