Words similar to cowardly

Example sentences for: cowardly

How can you use “cowardly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The government is being both foolish and cowardly, afraid of being attacked by conservatives for doing anything that might be labeled "immoral."
'Tis certain there's not a boy left alive; and the cowardly rascals that ran from the battle ha' done this slaughter: besides, they have burn'd and carried away all that was in the king's tent; wherefore the king, most worthily, hath caused every soldier to cut his prisoner's throat.
And they're just too cowardly to take on the drug-war lobby.
Sure, this is cowardly, intellectually dishonest, and an insult to the democratic process, but it's also thrifty, and that's important, too.
The short-term betting favors Milosevic, on the grounds that the working class is too distracted, ignorant, and cowardly to join the opposition.