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Example sentences for: chickened

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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.
Of the six, four chickened out.
Bill and Monica also at one point planned a tryst on Martha's Vineyard, but Bill finally chickened out, says the publication.
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."