Cowardice

Examples

• Go and obscenity in the milk of thy cowardice, Pilar said to him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Yes, he said, there are all the evils which we were just now passing in review: unrighteousness, intemperance, cowardice, ignorance. Plato. The Republic.
• You have accused me of cowardice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We say people show the white feather when they display cowardice, because a white feather in a bird marks a cross breed, and it is not found on a fighting game-cock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Few people had discovered some cowardice and much infirmity of purpose under this imposing exterior. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There is a base alloy of moral cowardice in my composition. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She had spoiled the remembrance of Frederick's visit to herself by her own cowardice. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Think not I speak to thee only to excite thy terror, and practise on the base cowardice thou hast derived from thy tribe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• That remains of the cowardice of this moment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The smell of cowardice is too strong here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I know too much about thee and thy cowardice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The soul too has her own corrupting principles, which are injustice, intemperance, cowardice, and the like. Plato. The Republic.
• They would but laugh in their sleeves and attribute his reason for wishing to leave the ship to but one thing--cowardice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As the period fixed for our marriage drew nearer, whether from cowardice or a prophetic feeling, I felt my heart sink within me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

Editor: Rosalie