faintheartedness

The administration’s disingenuous explanations mask what looks like political faintheartedness — a fear that Republicans will use immigration generally as a cudgel against the president.

Six months of domination are now threatened to be wiped away by a week of faintheartedness.

As if aware of such faintheartedness, he ends the book with a beautiful examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.—in particular the celebrated last speech he gave, in Memphis.

In moments, he seems preoccupied by his own faintheartedness.

When he returns eight songs later with “John the Revelator,” he forcefully provides both call and response, leaving no room for faintheartedness.