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Cowardly in a sentence

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Cowardly meaning

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

Synonyms of Cowardly

timid faint dastardly dastard recreant craven yellow-bellied yellow white-livered lily-livered chickenhearted chicken caitiff fearful fainthearted

Using Cowardly

  • The main meaning on this page is: Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
  • Useful related words include: timid, faint, dastardly, dastard.
  • In the example corpus, cowardly often appears in combinations such as: the cowardly, and cowardly, cowardly and.

Context around Cowardly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Cowardly

  • In this selection, "cowardly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, too, gutless, latest, lion, merridith and public stand out and add context to how "cowardly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a cowardly terror attack and as the cowardly lion in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cowardly" sits close to words such as accommodating, adhered and albertans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cowardly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog" is pure recognition. (8 words)

In a tweet, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned the “callous and cowardly” condemnation. (14 words)

The comedian is currently starring as the Cowardly Lion in the musical at the London Palladium. (16 words)

The production itself was great, with lots of moving parts, and lots of costumes and whoever worked on the Tinman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion costumes needs a big pat on the back - they were great. (35 words)

The similarities between latest cowardly bombing and the 1941 calamity has shown Putin is willing to mimic the former dictator as his fetish for the Soviet Union plays out on the world stage. (33 words)

Cowardly Merridith-Trafford then sped off and dumped the high-speed Impreza before getting his girlfriend to lie to the police that it had been stolen in a burglary, which he staged. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

And he is too cowardly to face the voters of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, who gave him a majority of 7,000 votes at the last election.

A paedophile who set up a meeting with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl was too "cowardly" to go through with it.

Cowardly Merridith-Trafford then sped off and dumped the high-speed Impreza before getting his girlfriend to lie to the police that it had been stolen in a burglary, which he staged.

Cruise plays a cowardly public relations officer who is thrust onto the battle front in London, where he is killed – only to wake up to relive the same day over again.

Detective Sergeant Jackie Price, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a very nasty and cowardly assault that left a man in his 70s in hospital.

Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said investigations are continuing into the man's death after he was allegedly stabbed in a 'cowardly attack' metres from his home in Brisbane's inner north.

Having Cage initially be a cowardly deserter gives him a sensitivity that makes this relationship more interesting.

He drove at the 34-year-old officer at around 50mph in the three-ton Mitsubishi L200 truck in what the prosecution alleged was a "cowardly and merciless act".

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If Congressional Democrats blink and start talking to House Republicans, Joe Manchin and cowardly climate peacocks in the House, that’s dangerous.

If we're going to castigate cops when they're cowardly, violent, or criminal, it's important to celebrate cops when they're brave, selfless, and law-abiding, too.

In a tweet, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned the “callous and cowardly” condemnation.

Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog" is pure recognition.

Ms Anderson made headlines in when she bravely exposed a cowardly user who had made an anonymous account purely to hurl 'sickening' insults at her.

Nearly three dozen people in the southern city of Jammu protested the killings that Manoj Sinha, New Delhi’s top administrator in the region, condemned as a “cowardly terror attack”.

Not a just pretend one with a silly, nonsensical question on "sovereignty association" or some such cowardly PR spin and claptrap, but a real serious one with a simple question.

So it follows that “if you’re pussy-assed, you’re just entirely gutless, cowardly, effeminate,” Green said.

The comedian is currently starring as the Cowardly Lion in the musical at the London Palladium.

Their callous and cowardly actions toward a visitor to our capital has, quite rightly, cost them their freedom.

The production itself was great, with lots of moving parts, and lots of costumes and whoever worked on the Tinman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion costumes needs a big pat on the back - they were great.

The similarities between latest cowardly bombing and the 1941 calamity has shown Putin is willing to mimic the former dictator as his fetish for the Soviet Union plays out on the world stage.

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Common combinations with cowardly

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cowardly" in a sentence?
An example: "And he is too cowardly to face the voters of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, who gave him a majority of 7,000 votes at the last election." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "cowardly" from authentic English texts.
What does "cowardly" mean?
Cowardly means: Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
What are synonyms of "cowardly"?
Common synonyms of "cowardly" include: timid, faint, dastardly, dastard, recreant, craven, yellow-bellied, yellow. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "cowardly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "cowardly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.