recreant
Example Sentences
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When little Vladimir finally relinquished her, with assurances that he was ‘desolated to leave so early’, she was ready to rest, and see how her recreant knight had borne his punishment.
From Literature
“My King, my lord and my uncle. Is it the court’s will that I pronounce sentence upon this recreant traitor?”
From Literature
Islam is the only religion which has no recreants—It is very difficult, if not impossible, to form an exact idea of the spiritual state of a Moslem evangelized by a Christian.
From Project Gutenberg
Even in that rare moment he was conscious of a regret that it was such a large hand, and his head jerked abruptly as he flung out the recreant thought.
From Project Gutenberg
Thus did Jacob not only triumph over the heathen gods, by carrying them off captive, but continued to adhere to Jehovah, his own God, who did not desert him in his recreant tricks.
From Project Gutenberg
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