cravenness

It is this kind of cravenness and moral inversion that makes people despair of mainstream politicians and sends them towards the BNP.

The clash of uncivilisations 2009

This cravenness represents one of American journalism's darkest hours -- as dark as the depth of the McCarthy era.

Naomi Wolf: WikiLeaks, Revolution, and the Lost Cojones of American Journalism Naomi Wolf 2011

Contrast that with the cravenness of so many of today's conservatives, whose first rhetorical instinct is to seize the mantle of victimhood.

Conservatives and the Cult of Victimhood Thomas Frank 2010

But, for God's sake, don't let my cravenness stop you!

Ben H. Winters: How to Combat Distracted Walking 2010

But every once in a while, an elected representative elevates himself above “teh stoopid” and cravenness that makes our eyes glaze over, and really fights the good fight in a way that leads his waffling brethren to do the right damn thing.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

This bad system has survived due to congressional cravenness in the face of multinational corporations arguing that competitiveness depends on not paying taxes.

Transfer Pricing As Tax Avoidance 2010

But it smacks of cravenness and hardly serves the interests of truth-telling, much less any hopes of reconciliation between Ankara and Jerusalem.

Cameron Joins the Gaza Flotilla 2010

Contrast that with the cravenness of so many of today's conservatives, whose first rhetorical instinct is to seize the mantle of victimhood.

Conservatives and the Cult of Victimhood Thomas Frank 2010

It operates with all the cravenness of the fabled Mexican jail.

Stephen Herrington: Goldman Sachs Robbed the EU By Way of Greece 2010

Contrast that with the cravenness of so many of today's conservatives, whose first rhetorical instinct is to seize the mantle of victimhood.

Conservatives and the Cult of Victimhood Thomas Frank 2010