Etymology: [OE. Crevice, Crepitate. Craven is currently the name of a local government district in North Yorkshire, England that began in , centred on the market town of Skipton. Additionally, the name Craven is much older than the modern district, and once encompassed a larger area. This history is also reflected in the way the term is still commonly used, for example by the Church of England.
Memorial Day is Monday -- flags will be flown at halfstaff in honor of those frontline workers who paid the ultimate price while fighting this pandemic on Sunday, both are somber days and their memories deserve better than to be politicized by a bunch of craven partisans. They should be ashamed. I am thrilled to be playing Dewey Riley again and to reunite with my Scream family, old and new, scream has been such a big part of my life, and for both the fans and David Arquette, I look forward to honoring Wes Craven 's legacy.
Allie Brandenburger :. If there's one thing we should all agree on it's that in response to that horrific attack, the country came together with resolve in the face of evil to ensure we keep our country safe.
Today, while Jeb has offered a plan to defeat ISIS, the Democrats have no strategy and they are making these craven attacks. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Forgot your password? Retrieve it. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Term » Definition. Then spake Vandrad: The King is not craven , but neither he is victorious. Or, if dialect poetry must be concerned only with rustic life, was the Craven dalesman to have no voice in the matter?
He had punished a man for a base and craven act; he had challenged him and met him in fair fight. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! See synonyms for craven on Thesaurus. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.
Let us not shrink from this mighty task out of any craven fear of being great. Its ghastly, fawning apologies and its craven justifications will not be broadcast directly, so television interviewers will not be able to challenge it.
The spirit that infused some of the remarks that we have heard can only be described as craven. But the craven consensus fobbed us off with trivial party sniping and phoney polarisation. If a man wants to keep his fellow-countrymen out of war, you call him craven? Not to have done so would have been an act of the most craven appeasement. Of course, many actions are settled and very often the newspapers have been extremely craven in not fighting the cases.
We ask for no more; we should be cravens to take less. A picture has been drawn of craven politicians hampering their admirals and generals in their bold designs. I agree with him that there is " craven , ill-informed opportunism" in the document. The crisis came and brought the answer to any craven fear. That would be a short-sighted and a rather craven estimate of present needs and future prospects.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Recent Examples on the Web The show is also part of the waning age of antiheroes, those fundamentally amoral, craven and power-hungry protagonists who have been at the center of prestige television for at least two decades now. First Known Use of craven 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2.
History and Etymology for craven Middle English cravant. Learn More About craven. Time Traveler for craven The first known use of craven was in the 13th century See more words from the same century. Listen to Our Podcast About craven.
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