Use of the word poltroon in a sentence example

poltroon

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Mirabeau complained bitterly that Montmorin was "slack" (flasque) and a "poltroon" (gavache). [Please select]

He preys only on the smallest quadrupeds, and with all his voracity he is an arrant poltroon. [Please select]

He rode straight to Lee, called him in flaming anger a "damned poltroon," and himself at once took command. [Please select]

"Last night did you think me a poltroon to vanish as I did." [Please select]

And, in the supreme strait, was he, a poor poltroon, to step aside, to cry "enough," to yield ignobly. [Please select]

Am I a villain, a poltroon, who will desert his country in the hour of her greatest need. [Please select]

If you had not been a poltroon, you would have joined the first regiment that came in your way. [Please select]

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