fainthearted
Example Sentences
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“Cannabis is not for the fainthearted,” Mr. Jacobs said.
From New York Times
“This is going to be a lame duck that’s not going to be for the fainthearted,” Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the chairman of the Finance Committee, said in an interview.
From New York Times
The daylong wait to view the coffin wasn’t for the fainthearted.
From New York Times
Some Republicans have argued that his efforts to build consensus were fainthearted at best, while some Democrats complain they were excessive.
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He delivered an emotional eulogy for his friend, a longtime ideological ally, even if Scalia had once referred to his own brand of originalism as “fainthearted.”
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