PUSILLANIMOUS in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of PUSILLANIMOUS
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pusillanimous
 a.  cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
Classic Sentence:
1  Pore girl, she'd better be dead than married to that pusillanimous Yankee Hilton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
2  But a pusillanimous spirit, occasioned by the defects of her ordinances in so far as they relate to war, caused her to lose at once her courage and her dominions.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
Example Sentence:
1  You should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute.