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Example sentences for: chickened

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Of the six, four chickened out.
An experienced Democratic fund-raiser sounded the lonely note in a New York Times op-ed that star-struck local pols have chickened out of the race in deference to a carpetbagger.
Murdoch lashed out in the interview at senior executives of his London publishers, HarperCollins, saying they had "chickened out" and left him "in a completely inexcusable position."
Bill and Monica also at one point planned a tryst on Martha's Vineyard, but Bill finally chickened out, says the publication.