Sentence example with the word 'poltroon'

poltroon

arrant coward, caitiff, coward, dastard, dunghill, funk, gutless, poltroonish, quitter, sneak, unmanly

Definition adj. characterized by complete cowardliness

Last update: October 23, 2015


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Mirabeau complained bitterly that Montmorin was "slack" (flasque) and a "poltroon" (gavache).   [Please select]

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He preys only on the smallest quadrupeds, and with all his voracity he is an arrant poltroon.   [Please select]

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He rode straight to Lee, called him in flaming anger a "damned poltroon," and himself at once took command.   [Please select]

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"Last night did you think me a poltroon to vanish as I did."   [Please select]

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And, in the supreme strait, was he, a poor poltroon, to step aside, to cry "enough," to yield ignobly.   [Please select]

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Am I a villain, a poltroon, who will desert his country in the hour of her greatest need.   [Please select]

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If you had not been a poltroon, you would have joined the first regiment that came in your way.   [Please select]

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