fraidy-cat

Example Sentences

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Others have called Ms. Ashburn a “sheep” and a “fraidy-cat” for wearing a mask.

From New York Times

They’ve had over a decade to acclimate themselves to that, so it is sad to see the right wing retreat instead to the same old script — especially since it inevitably reveals more about them and their fraidy-cat bigotry than anything else.

From Seattle Times

But return him to the Nantucket seashore where he was born, and the kid becomes a fraidy-cat: Acutely averse to sand, he won’t take a step without laying down his black jacket as a beach-suppressing walkway.

From Washington Post

Two years ago in the N.F.C. title game, Seattle faced fourth-and-7 on the San Francisco 35 and didn’t launch a fraidy-cat punt; rather it went for it, scoring the key touchdown of the contest.

From New York Times

When the Flying Elvii took possession on their 2-yard line after one of Reid’s fraidy-cat punts in New England territory, on first down McDaniels sent out an empty backfield set, daring the Chiefs to try to sack Tom Brady, which they didn’t.

From New York Times