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Adjective
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Whoomp, whoomp bumped the coward heart.—
James Arthur,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Every April and May, the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India, fills with devotees of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team Chennai Super Kings, all wearing their trademark banana yellow.—
Samanth Subramanian,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Feb. 2026
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If the color of the inner bark is yellow or light green, then the plant can still be helped.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
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Some also have lost lawyers, dismayed by the pusillanimous behavior of their leaders.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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The second believed the United States could attain comprehensive security through military-technological means and saw diplomacy as a quixotic or pusillanimous enterprise that dishonored and weakened the country.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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But to defend books coverage in these craven terms is already to concede too much.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Assad’s betrayal was so breathtakingly craven that some people had trouble believing it at first.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Political courage is needed, especially from the cowardly, groveling Congress.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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Therefore, the cowardly officer could’ve later arrested her or simply disabled the vehicle by shooting out a tire with the same accuracy.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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That larger significance is remarkably unheroic and fatalistic.—
Gabriel Winslow-Yost,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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In the world of The Boys, based on the gleefully scabrous 2000s indie comic-book series of the same name by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, superheroes are real, pop-culture-dominating, and with rare exceptions, entirely unheroic.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2024
Adjective
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This, to Newsom, is being strong; the right are the fainthearted schoolmarms now.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Going to the theatre in that period was hardly an entertainment for the fainthearted, and calamity was not confined to the stage.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Winter lasts a dastardly long time in Minnesota.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Dickinson came close, but was unfortunately outdone by dastardly Internet gamesmanship.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Weakhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakhearted. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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