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Adjective
He insisted on avoiding a cowardly retreat.
She made a cowardly decision to go along with the group.
a cowardly attack from behind
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
And the widespread physical destruction of Gaza, along with the deaths of thousands of civilians behind, under, and among whom the cowardly Hamas fighters have hidden, has badly tarnished Israel’s image in the eyes of the world.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
My cowardly stread ended today, however.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
Shmi, who died for nothing, the cowardly Jedi refusing to free her, refusing to interfere.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
And the widespread physical destruction of Gaza, along with the deaths of thousands of civilians behind, under, and among whom the cowardly Hamas fighters have hidden, has badly tarnished Israel’s image in the eyes of the world.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Shmi, who died for nothing, the cowardly Jedi refusing to free her, refusing to interfere.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
My cowardly stread ended today, however.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Cowardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowardly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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