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Meanings of own cowardice in English

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Usage of own cowardice in English
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Golden was too mortified to say anything, ashamed of his own cowardice.
The lonely polygamist: a novel
2
But when the day came he went, raging against his own cowardice.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
3
Through your own cowardice, my friends, have these deeds come to pass.
The Odyssey of Homer
4
Nothing of any consequence. And he groaned at his own cowardice.
An Unsocial Socialist
5
Now, the only thing holding him back was his own cowardice.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
6
On a sudden Osmund attacked, desperately apprehensive of his own cowardice.
Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
7
A man who was defending no more than his own cowardice?
Depths
8
This is wrong; I am ashamed of my own cowardice.
Anna St. Ives
9
She was angry at her own cowardice, but she feared the suspicions of Bigot.
The Golden Dog
10
It recalls both my own cowardice at that time, and an experiment I made.
The Confession
11
I laughed dryly at my own cowardice, but my heart was still beating abnormally.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
12
Lawrence, this isn't Val's doing; it isn't even Mrs. Cleve's: it's my own cowardice.
Nightfall
13
Galloping around the infantry on the left they infected the Zeelanders with their own cowardice.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
14
Then a wave of contempt swept over her for her own cowardice and she straightened.
The Fifth Ace
15
But he knew that his own cowardice, if nothing else, had given away the game.
Young Mr. Barter's Repentance / From "Schwartz" by David Christi...
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Between ourselves, your wife has absolute power over you only because of your own cowardice.
The Learned Women
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