The word "cowardly" is a perfectly acceptable and commonly used word in written English
It is an adjective that is used to describe someone who shows a lack of courage or is afraid to do something. For example, "The cowardly man could not bring himself to face his fears."
Let Nick Clegg be clear: "The Liberal Democrats will add a heart to a Conservative government, and a brain to a Labour one!" Unfortunately, courage for the cowardly lion will be a casualty of any coalition agreement.
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, the film, told from the British perspective, is inescapably dated and politically incorrect: Caine's character refers to the enemy as "fuzzies" and the recruits on his own side as "cowardly blacks".
Director Tim Stark also tweeted: "Why not stand up for the value of the arts rather than cowardly appeasing cuts that do real damage?" The Green party also seized on the comments, saying the "boasting" by Labour was a good opportunity to revisit their own pledges to restore funding for the arts.
The manager has been exposed to security threats recently and Peat said: "I admire Neil's courage in handling the abhorrent and contemptible behaviour to which he has been subjected and put on record my condemnation of such cowardly acts.
This tension between cowardly self-interest and resistance is the bass motif above which Maupassant composes a sour fugue of hypocrisy and cruelty, as a group of Rouennais notables exploit then shun the prostitute of the title, whose hospitality they had previously enjoyed.
"The cowardly actions of those who took Warren captive and ultimately to the place and time of his death are not in keeping with Islam, and they will have to face their God to answer for their actions".
Every speech has lines praising hardworking migrants, of course, but the overall tone of this cowardly discourse emits a rancid stench.
At the heart of this problem lies the cowardly stance taken by the 1997 Labour government, which could have used its landslide majority to outlaw selection everywhere.
In a victim impact statement, Evans said: "I believe the public would be served for him to be in prison for a long time for his cowardly attack".
That's six games and running now, and frankly, save for a fine opening 20 minutes, they deserved nothing more from a cowardly performance.
And I had left my flute in the hotel room … Realising loaves, fishes and loose change wasn't going to stretch so far, we did the sensible, if cowardly, thing and bolted.
