recreancy

Example Sentences

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I was certain that New Orleans, louche and corrupted in my view, would condone my recreancy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015

Swann remained silent, and, by this fresh act of recreancy, spoiled the brilliant tournament of dialectic which Mme.

From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

To think of it for a moment is base recreancy and intolerable shame.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)

In his anxiety to so play the impassioned lover as to conceal the recreancy he had fostered in his own heart, Harry did not notice the coolness of this greeting.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

They could take him and trample on him, and flaunt his recreancy before Wilkinson even; he didn't want to kiss any more, even the fresh young lips of the children.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John