scaredy-cat
Example Sentences
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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
“For many years, when we were young, I saw Randy as an inexplicable burden. He was a nuisance, a scaredy-cat, and a crybaby.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2020
Aru thought it seemed like a scaredy-cat thing to do: decide not to move on just because it was bound to be hard.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
