faintheartedness

Example Sentences

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But that only makes the faintheartedness of corporate America all the more dispiriting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

As if aware of such faintheartedness, he ends the book with a beautiful examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.—in particular the celebrated last speech he gave, in Memphis.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

When he returns eight songs later with “John the Revelator,” he forcefully provides both call and response, leaving no room for faintheartedness.

From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2016

Your first contacts with most support agencies will put the last nails in the coffin of faintheartedness, and graft onto you a layer of scar tissue and cynicism as thick as rhino hide.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2013

"The village depends on this. There is no room for faintheartedness here."

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda