• Demonstrators, including women and children, accused Arab governments of "cowardice" for not taking a stand against the war.

    CNN: Antiwar demonstrations turn deadly

  • Even if they do, that will not remove the stain of cowardice now on display at the International Olympic Committee, which remains visibly splashed across those Olympic ideals they hypocritically claim to promote.

    CNN: Olympics, mark dark day in Munich

  • In an act of disgraceful cowardice, AIPAC not only fired the men, they refused to pay their legal fees and so cast them adrift as millions of dollars in legal bills began piling up.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A cautionary tale

  • To be fair to Mrs Merkel and Europe's other leaders, they have not chosen to muddle through merely out of cowardice, though there has been plenty of that, but because the euro-zone countries are profoundly divided.

    ECONOMIST: Italy and the euro

  • Allowing your friend to believe that you too think her six-act play about the invention of the cotton gin is bound for Broadway and of course Hugh Jackman would be an excellent choice to play Eli Whitney is not an act of mercy, but one of cowardice (albeit well-intentioned).

    FORBES: How To Win Friends And Influence People . . . With Negative Feedback

  • Not to face up to failure in a job is cowardice rather than compassion.

    FORBES: Connect

  • In my opinion, "engagement" and "sunshine" are not only synonyms for appeasement, they are synonyms for cowardice.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • They are upset that Zimbabwe and the Sudanese region of Darfur are not high up on the agenda and accuse the organisers of "political cowardice".

    BBC: NEWS | Europe | EU-Africa: The key issues

  • In the left's telling, the Tory-led coalition (enabled by what Labour considers the snivelling cowardice of its Liberal Democrat members) is planning cuts of choice, not just of necessity.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • Mr Livingstone believes there are two reasons: political cowardice and "modern" cities built after the introduction of the car that do not need a congestion charge.

    BBC: Has London's congestion charge worked?

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