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
But it's not for the fainthearted - or the claustrophobic.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
The treatment wasn't for the fainthearted, even among its proponents.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Which is, of course, something to give any normal fainthearted man, and particularly a writing man, pause.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
