fainthearted
Example Sentences
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Even with Washington’s blessing, the trade isn’t for the fainthearted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Silver can be “extremely volatile,” and trading it is “not for the fainthearted or overleveraged,” Morrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
This is not the time to be fainthearted but to continue pressing the advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
But it's not for the fainthearted - or the claustrophobic.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
The storm did accomplish without conscience what we had been too fainthearted to do.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
