cowardice
Example Sentences
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I deemed this an act of maturity and self-preservation, definitely not cowardice.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
At the time, this led her to label what was unfolding as the "trial of cowardice".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Jordy proclaimed his innocence in a video on social media, saying that the police had the "cowardice" to raid his home on his daughter's third birthday.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
Because that cowardice and blindness, that failure of imagination, are signs of impending doom.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
He came home with a crescent-shaped scar on his temple, seriously weakened vision in his left eye, and a suspicion of his own cowardice from which he could never recover.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing cowardice
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"The American Crisis," Vocabulary from 1-2
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