Lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
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Examples for "faint "
Examples for "faint "
1 These faint traces you left that say however softly: I was here.
2 Macklin had been building a hope, however faint , that they might survive.
3 However, he could not suppress a faint hope and he listened carefully.
4 Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
5 As he said this, he felt a faint question disturb his thoughts.
1 Music: New York in the 1970s was no place for the faint - hearted .
2 This is not work for the faint - hearted , but staff are deeply worried.
3 He was of a feeble character, arrogant in prosperity, faint-hearted in adversity.
4 This ceremony was an appeal to the unimaginative, the sluggish, the faint-hearted .
5 Direct investment in the Chinese economic miracle is not for the faint - hearted .
1 Therefore the fainthearted are virtuous: and consequently pusillanimity is not a sin.
2 Learning English in Dublin is fun, but it's not for the fainthearted .
3 Even so, I have to say that the caballero was not fainthearted .
4 The angel addressed Adam thus: O Adam, why art thou so fainthearted ?
5 Tribal life is not for the fainthearted . He looked at her tellingly.
People who are fearful and cautious.
1 I was timid with the other children and afraid of physical violence.
2 The control of affairs was in the hands of the timid Whigs.
3 They are nervous; they are timid ; they are unreasoning; they are reckless.
4 Yet often I doubt if they are wise and not merely timid .
5 The offer of help was in the tone, in its timid beseeching.
6 The bride wept in secret, and grew nervous and timid in manner.
7 The CW's reality efforts can't afford to be timid and low profile.
8 Then I asked you to ask him and you were too timid .
9 Williamson's approach was described as timid by former Australian captain Michael Clarke.
10 But critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming.
11 The Americans have longer arms and are not as timid as MI-6.
12 The main criticism is that these initiatives are too timid and gradual.
13 If I ran, I'd be exactly what they expected: a timid witch-mouse.
14 The scene inspired the timid with fear and the brave with delight.
15 The timid no longer hesitated at the thought of the perilous journey.
16 Weakness is timid and irresolute; strength is full of force and energy.
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