Example Sentences

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But it’s also an opportunity to rebuke such gutlessness in the strongest possible terms.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2017

James returned to Cleveland, a destination that absolved him of not only gutlessness but also of disloyalty.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014

James returned to Cleveland, which largely absolved him of not only gutlessness, but also of disloyalty.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2014

She can be scornful of those who are not tough in either performance or philosophy, reserving for them her ultimate pejorative, "wet," which in her lexicon is an accusation of gutlessness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then it was Tom, who twice got away but whose gutlessness drove him back finally to stay.

From Time Magazine Archive