poltroon
Example Sentences
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We’ve been remarking on the tendency of powerful institutions to act like poltroons when confronted by bullies.
From Los Angeles Times
What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days!
From Literature
“Complete and total catastrophe” sounds about right for such a conflagration of poltroons as that.
From Fox News
“Do you think I’m a poltroon?” he asked, the way a young girl might ask whether her dress was unflattering.
From Literature
The NRA continues to be a sad bunch of poltroons hiding behind the 2nd Amendment.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
