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Six example sentences with craven, each labelled with its topic.
The novel's steward is craven to the last, hiding in the cellar while the housemaids face the bailiffs alone.
Literature
Editorials called the vote craven, noting that every member who had promised to speak found a reason to be absent.
Politics
My guild still mocks the craven decision to log off mid-raid, leaving five others to hold the corridor without a healer.
Gaming
The film's villain is not fierce but craven, sending others into danger while he waits in the car.
Movies
Critics called the merger craven, a retreat from competition dressed up as strategy.
Business
Aristotle placed courage between two failings, the rash and the craven, and called both a failure of judgment.
Philosophy
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