scaredy-cat
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“Ava’s a scaredy-cat of any loud noises,” said Rori Chang, who was there with her golden retriever.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Without them, a youngster described by his sister Maribel as "a scaredy-cat" may never have transformed into the 'raging bull' we know on court as one of the most ferociously competitive athletes of his generation.
From BBC ● May 25, 2021
Well, I can’t help my love for scaredy-cat canines who are bedeviled by the scary and supernatural.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
I honestly didn’t expected it to, as I’m a complete scaredy-cat — I have never been able to handle any “Resident Evil” game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
I feel ashamed of myself for being a scaredy-cat.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Many self-described scaredy-cats will face their fears, particularly with Peele’s films, because of the critical buzz and the cultural importance of a black filmmaker creating horror movies starring black people and tackling weighty issues.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2019
The less credence she gives the purveyors of these potshots, the more they’ll come across as the hysterical scaredy-cats they are.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018
IT is rare on Madison Avenue to hear, at least publicly, suggestions that executives are scaredy-cats who are afraid to take risks.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2014
Macs, I claimed, were "glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy-cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work."
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
Add in the fact that horses did not like to be surprised, and you had thousand-pound scaredy-cats that saw danger everywhere.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
