cowardice
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The book chronicles her "vague feelings" before the trial: "The closer it got, the more I imagined myself becoming a hostage to their stares, their lies, their cowardice, and their contempt," she wrote.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Sentencing, the judge said Rhodes's cowardice added to his list of "malignant characteristics".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
“The sense of security in our community has, again, been shattered by the act of cowardice and hate that is unacceptable,” David Englin, senior regional director of the ADL Los Angeles said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
The details of that incident couldn’t offer a clearer illustration of what cowardice playing at toughness looks like.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
Crossing a river at night on a crude raft, wearing armor, with an enemy waiting on the other side—-if that was gallantry, he would take cowardice every time.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing cowardice
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"The American Crisis," Vocabulary from 1-2
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