Sentence examples for failing courage from inspiring English sources

To suffer the humility of failing courage in face of pitiless terror.

In the same way, if Captain Hook Michael-David Gordonn) has a mushy heart and failing courage, he is very much Barrie's pirate.

Whenever I felt my courage failing, I thought of her coarse, black elasticated pants slipping low when she got out of the Volvo station wagon.

Her mission, as she understood it, was to inspire the failing heart with courage; and when she selected mine I felt less flattered by her preference than astonished by her penetration.

They are trapped in the floes of the Far North, and their courage is failing.

Blamey's aide recalled: If Rowell felt that Blamey had shown a lack of moral courage in failing to stand up to the political and military superiors who had directed the ill-fated campaign, Blamey felt that the campaign had revealed flaws in Rowell's character.

President Jacob Zuma has been accused by all sides for failing to show the political courage to deal with this sensitive issue and for protecting vested interests within his own party.

Courage seemed to be failing the Lionheart.That was soon to be confirmed in many people's minds.

The U.S. Congress is failing to muster the leadership and political courage to make the necessary changes to successfully ameliorate the situation.

Even Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy icon, stands accused of failing in the tactics department, for all her courage and charisma.

Thus, Barnes (1997) argues that self-deceivers "can, with effort, in some circumstances, resist their biases" (83) and "can be criticized for failing to take steps to prevent themselves from being biased; they can be criticized for lacking courage in situations where having courage is neither superhumanly difficult nor costly" (175).