DAVIS: Listen, politics is not for the faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2003] Reference
If sorrow o'ertake thee -- then be not faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
There is none who is faint-hearted in the least degree. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
There are none who are faint-hearted in the least degree. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
Now, going into the sea was not for the faint-hearted then. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Boudin: The Man Who Inspired Monet] Reference
Let the cold-blooded, faint-hearted changeling now tremble. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
The young men's spirits drooped, and they felt faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian] Reference
Vincent, smiling, called the executioners weak and faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
To Staupitz, who felt faint-hearted and desponding about the bull. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Now, this is not for the faint-hearted -- 186 people complained. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2003] Reference
Fritz, who was still faint-hearted about the result of the adventure. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
As a child, even, he had shown himself to be no faint-hearted creature. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Maxine, you have neither been a fair-weather nor a faint-hearted friend. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Dccc Dinner] Reference
DOBBS: Texas politics not for the faint-hearted or the lily - livered, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2005] Reference
He said, The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
That several who were rather weak-kneed and faint-hearted were greatly invigorated by. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
It was not a pleasant predicament for a nervous or a faint-hearted man to be placed in. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
As one might imagine, staging a contemporary, through-composed work is not for the faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [Cedric Perrier: I Dream : Lowery & Young Join King Family at World Premiere of New MLK opera] Reference
A great many were faint-hearted enough to give up, even though America had sacrificed so much for freedom. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington] Reference
Two days later, one of the jurors on the trial, one of the men, said he was feeling faint-hearted and fainted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2005] Reference
PHILLIPS: A health care reform fight unfolding for several months now and it has never been for the faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2009] Reference
The term used there is not "harden your hearts", but rather "do not be faint-hearted" - not the same thing at all. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We can't stop in the middle, and just because things are going tough from time to time we can't get faint-hearted here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2005] Reference
With all the human despair around her, taking on the plight of animals in a war-torn country is not for the faint-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Lessons in Humility] Reference
The support of the warlike Wyandots renewed the courage of the faint-hearted, and for a time all thought of failure ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
A faint-hearted breeze which scarcely dared to blow came up from the harbour now and again, and made the heat just bearable. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
He had been a proud mouse when he had returned, and told his faint-hearted brothers what the great world outside was really like. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Yet often we grow faint-hearted, or are puzzled to know what we can do to help the children and how we can do it most effectively. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
KING: Well, you mentioned faint-hearted Republicans -- your term -- perhaps looking at the polls and breaking from their president. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2005] Reference
What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
If he, though languishing for love, was too faint-hearted to propose, I saw that it would be necessary for me to undertake that task. From Wordnik.com. [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference
Why should you be faint-hearted, when the men of the stalls ask such a breath-stretching price for the productions of William Whitehead. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
'You were always a faint-hearted thing,' exclaimed the insect, quite forgetting even to be commonly polite, so elated was he with pride. From Wordnik.com. [Parables from Flowers] Reference
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