lily-livered
Example Sentences
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Of course, Paxton isn't just a standout when it comes to being lily-livered.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
And I haven’t even mentioned Michael Russotto, who plays a lily-livered, easily seduced investor who has eyes only for his payout.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019
Fifa has shown little willingness to tackle any of this but there is no reason for the IOC to be so lily-livered.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2017
The Elizabethans referred to their monarch not as the head of state but as its liver, and woe to any people saddled with a lily-livered leader, whose bloodless cowardice would surely prove their undoing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
“The fire-eater's in love with Resa, I said, he’d devour her with his eyes if he could, but the others wouldn't believe me. All the same—to think of a lily-livered coward like you venturing here!”
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
