as in afraid
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
you'll come with us into the cave, unless you're yellow
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Recent Examples of yellow
Two stretches of yellow-brown wall have caught the sun.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Recalling the day in a recent interview with The Times, Cook quickly turns indignant about the bureaucratic odyssey that yellow slip launched.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
However, as snake plants get older, their long, slender leaves may start to become lanky and floppy or turn yellow and eventually fall over.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
The yellow evokes springtime sunshine but doesn’t feel overwhelming thanks to the sleek silhouette.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Recalling the day in a recent interview with The Times, Cook quickly turns indignant about the bureaucratic odyssey that yellow slip launched.
—Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
However, as snake plants get older, their long, slender leaves may start to become lanky and floppy or turn yellow and eventually fall over.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
The yellow evokes springtime sunshine but doesn’t feel overwhelming thanks to the sleek silhouette.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for yellow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
Adjective
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Weeks later, the Flyers removed the interim tag from Briere, hired Keith Jones as team president and were officially in a rebuild — and not afraid of using the word.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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This is an unsparing portrait of addiction, but isn’t afraid to show moments of joy or tenderness, or what’s cool and interesting in this particular youth culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Please don’t feel scared, feel proud.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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Were the Nuggets running scared from their rivals?—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Soapy Water Stink bugs tend to drop when frightened, so fill a cup with soapy water and hold it under the stink bug.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their height and heft frightened and thrilled spectators, earning dinosaurs a permanent place in the public imagination, Coules said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This requires careful monitoring of key parameters such as sugar and acidity from veraison through to harvest.—
Maureen Mackey , Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Somewhere within him is the spirit of the patriotic teenager and the careful lower-court judge who rejected any notion of party loyalty or judicial agenda.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The nagging wife, the angry daughter and the spineless detective.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He must be impeached, but with a spineless Congress and a corrupt Supreme Court how this will happen is in grave doubt.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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My senators are too cowardly to talk to me.—
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FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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In a particularly craven twist, this letter enlisted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause to halt or hinder affinity programming in schools.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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