Sentence examples for faintheartedness from inspiring English sources
noun
The quality or state of being fainthearted.
They were guilty, she said, of "faintheartedness" — the sort of insult that only a lady could deploy.
He began to taunt Democrats for faintheartedness in what he called "the terrorists' war against us" — extending, he charged, to an unwillingness to even call the enemy by its name: Islamic terrorism.
Reeling and agitated — "I feel all the faintheartedness of my behavior," he wrote to a friend, "but everything is so terribly broken inside" — Herzen moved to London, and began to write his bitter tale.
But their hesitations must not be dismissed as faintheartedness.
Democrats blamed Acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco, accusing him of faulty tactics and faintheartedness.
Linguistic exploration rejects such faintheartedness.
Page A26 OBAMA FLINCHES ON IMMIGRATION In a little-noticed act of political faintheartedness, the Obama administration has pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, a highly regarded civil-rights lawyer, to lead the Justice Department's civil rights division.
In a little-noticed act of political faintheartedness, the Obama administration has pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, a highly regarded civil-rights lawyer and counsel to the mayor of Los Angeles, to run the Justice Department's civil rights division.
