cowardly

Example Sentences

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Hoping someone else will intervene isn’t cowardly; it’s a means of survival in constantly uncertain conditions.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Surely, I thought, the film will figure out how it feels by the time it offs a Redfellow who’s merely ordinary-terrible: Bill Camp’s drunken, cowardly banker.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

At the end of a crisis, there is a cowardly tendency to sit back and say 'phew'.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Det Insp MacColl added: "Their readiness to confront danger made us determined to ensure he is held to account for his cowardly actions, and I hope his conviction brings some comfort."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

It seemed cowardly, especially for a people who otherwise were blisteringly direct.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie