faint-hearted
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Herzl found Rothschild paternalistic and overly timid, “a decent, good-natured, faint-hearted man, who utterly fails to understand the matter,” as he wrote in his diary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
"It's not nasty, but it is physical – it's not for the faint-hearted," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
Now, as then, when she had threaded the dark passages and come to the door of Mr. Rogers's room, she paused faint-hearted, and, with her hand raised to the latch, listened.
From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.
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