lily-livered
Example Sentences
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Of course, Paxton isn't just a standout when it comes to being lily-livered.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022
If that happens, they can point to their lily-livered observations and say, “See, we knew it all along.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2021
After all, Arsenal’s last away game was that wretched, lily-livered, tactically incompetent 4-0 defeat at Anfield.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2017
The Elizabethans referred to their monarch not as the head of state but as its liver, and woe to any people saddled with a lily-livered leader, whose bloodless cowardice would surely prove their undoing.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2017
“Be quiet, you lily-livered Mellower!” said Mrs. Horsepool- Worthingham, using her special voice.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
