cravenness
- a word derived from craven.
Example Sentences
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Martin’s Dunk and Egg novellas also questions whether who inherit rulership deserve that duty, reflecting their cravenness in shining gleam of its heroes’ virtue.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Does he genuinely care or is he just exposing their cravenness?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
We won’t here delve into the cause of congressional cravenness, except to say that the individual ambitions of careerist lawmakers has made lawmaking seem rather too icky.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2019
What explains the cravenness of Facebook’s leadership now?
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018
They stood ready to obey his slightest wish––not with cravenness, but with quick reversion to the faith of their ancestors.
From The Web of the Golden Spider by Fisher, Harrison
