Wondering how to use Coward in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as person or thespian.
Coward meaning
A person who lacks courage.
Synonyms of Coward
Using Coward
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who lacks courage.
- Useful related words include: person, role player, thespian, player.
- In the example corpus, coward often appears in combinations such as: coward and, noël coward, is coward.
Context around Coward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coward
- In this selection, "coward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, noel, greatest, keith, sense, tinkling and comedy stand out and add context to how "coward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a spineless coward like kevin and address this coward of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coward" sits close to words such as aquaculture, asap and assigning, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dillon’s head coach is Keith Coward. (7 words)
And then you're doing a coward's move like that. (11 words)
And he said signing the bill behind closed doors makes DeSantis a coward. (13 words)
Recalling one party thrown by the female impersonator Danny La Rue, he later described 'Noel Coward, tinkling away on the ivories for all he was worth' and James Bond star Roger Moore drawing 'the girls like horseflies to a cow-pat'. (41 words)
You claim these Republicans are "strong," yet they're led by a spineless coward like Kevin McCarthy and Manny other Republicans who openly criticized candidate Trump, but quickly fell in line when it became clear he was the frontrunner. (39 words)
Director Rod Natkiel headlines his programme notes with ‘This is not a gay play’- well in the Noel Coward sense of the term gay indeed it’s not – nor is a writer on a gay recruitment crusade. (37 words)
But he did get Gorsuch and soon Kavanaugh, so if he’s a coward, he’s the greatest coward! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
But he did get Gorsuch and soon Kavanaugh, so if he’s a coward, he’s the greatest coward!
And he said signing the bill behind closed doors makes DeSantis a coward.
Dillon’s head coach is Keith Coward.
Director Rod Natkiel headlines his programme notes with ‘This is not a gay play’- well in the Noel Coward sense of the term gay indeed it’s not – nor is a writer on a gay recruitment crusade.
Dlamini raised a point of order, demanding “to address this coward of the ANC”.
He took the coward's way out," said DeSantis, who was in Iowa campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination.
Recalling one party thrown by the female impersonator Danny La Rue, he later described 'Noel Coward, tinkling away on the ivories for all he was worth' and James Bond star Roger Moore drawing 'the girls like horseflies to a cow-pat'.
Simply put, he is a coward, a rat who, sitting in the corner, prefers to wait, no matter how long.
The story follows Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a kamikaze pilot who lands on the army-occupied Odo Island to get his plane repaired, but when no mechanical faults are found, our “hero” is brandished a coward.
This classic Noël Coward comedy about the spirit of a man’s first wife haunting his life has left audiences in stitches for years.
Two, Buhari might be called a Major-General, but he was a paper tiger and a coward.
Unlike Ismay (Jonathan Hyde), who escapes the disaster like a coward, Captain Smith confronts his fate head-on, bringing tears to the eyes of many viewers.
You claim these Republicans are "strong," yet they're led by a spineless coward like Kevin McCarthy and Manny other Republicans who openly criticized candidate Trump, but quickly fell in line when it became clear he was the frontrunner.
After waiting five years for justice, the children addressed Troconis with scathing statements in court at her sentencing in May, with Theodore, now 18, branding her 'evil, violent, and most definitely a coward'.
Among the politicians, journalists, Jews, and others on the list were a number of outstanding writers, including E. M. Forster, Rebecca West, Noël Coward, and Virginia Woolf.
Andrew McKenzie was coward punched in the heart of the city, in an unprovoked attack which left the 52-year-old in hospital.
And then you're doing a coward's move like that.
And we all know how strong and athletic Ash by Elegance is, but she’s being booked like a coward.
As the CEO of 7 Sided Cube LLC, Coward said he has successfully guided thousands of businesses to achieve top search engine rankings.
BJP leader Virendra Sachdeva remarked that Arvind Kejriwal is behaving like a coward after the Delhi Chief Minister approached High Court over ED summons.
Common combinations with coward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- coward and 20×
- noël coward 14×
- is coward 12×
- like coward 9×
- was coward 7×
- and coward 6×
- as coward 6×
- the coward 6×
- noel coward 5×
- of coward 5×