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
But excellence of heart, when coupled with debility of purpose, is but a sorry character for every day concerns; in a ruler it becomes the most deadly pusillanimity.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
