| It is the poltroonery of the flesh, and the trepidation of the spirit, that are his worst tormentors. |
| Or, in other words, since they must be selfish, let them be so without the poltroonery of selfishness. |
| His discretion took on the look of poltroonery and he groveled in shame. |
| How should it possibly, by any stretch of poltroonery and baseness, be otherwise? |
| There is a point where toleration sinks into sheer baseness and poltroonery. |
| And the poltroonery in certain quarters of what ought to be the other side is just sad. |
