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
The genre, notorious in the past for its domineering heroes and lily-livered heroines, “really did evolve” over time.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2020
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
Naturally, Joseph Fuqua’s amusingly lily-livered marshal is of no help in the impending showdown between Valance and Foster.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2016
The boss cop said,“You lily-livered rats,” and it was like someone said, “On your mark, get set, go!”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
