pusillanimity
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to blame the reporters whose bylines appear on Times news articles for their pusillanimity.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024
Such pusillanimity throws into sharp relief the acts of courage these hearings have shown us.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022
The pusillanimity of American corporations on this subject continues to astound.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2021
“Their pusillanimity disrespected the men, American and Asian, I had known who died fighting the good fight ,” he said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2017
Machinery is fast displacing the poetry of farm and fireside; the sickle, the distaff, the chimney-piece, the family institution, being superseded by prose powers; and, with their sway, have come slavery, pusillanimity, dishonor.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
