John Berger

As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct from their elected but often craven governments, to apply a certain pressure on those wielding power in what they, the boycotters, consider to be an unjust or immoral way.

English Artist

Michael Wolff

As much as any other producer in the modern movie age, Harvey Weinstein has been a subject of media fascination. The grossness, the bullying, the unbridled exercising of personal power, the craven appetites, the awards and his good taste in films fed that fascination.

American Author

Jon Lovett

So often on CNN, there's a world-class journalist interviewing campaign rejects and ideologues and silly, craven people who do not care about informing people, that aren't there to help people understand what's going on in the news.

American Producer

Harvey Pekar

I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don't have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that's all.

American Writer

Matt Taibbi

What we Americans go through to pick a president is not only crazy and unnecessary but genuinely abusive. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in a craven, cynical effort to stir up hatred and anger on both sides.

Bill Nighy

I've never been a great enthusiast about how I look and I am very... when I was young I had a real anti-talent for inventing myself as unappealing - craven and unremarkable.

English Actor

Alphonsus Liguori

It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.

Italian Clergyman

David Cross

Where my comedy really solidified was when Bush was elected. I couldn't understand how craven and crass he was, and how dumb other people were for electing him.

American Actor

Matthew Weiner

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.

Edwin van der Sar

Craven Cottage is a great stadium, really traditional, going through the rows of houses until a stadium suddenly appears.

Dutch Athlete

Craven as an adjective is old-fashioned and rarely used in modern speech.

Archaic Usage

Craven implies a strong sense of shamefulness and dishonor in being cowardly.

Negative Connotation

In literature, 'craven' is often associated with Gothic or medieval settings.

Literary Context

When used as a noun, 'craven' personifies the concept of cowardice.

Personification

Do not overuse 'craven.' Use it sparingly for emphasis, as it's a strong word.

Avoid Overuse

'Craven' in noun form focuses on the person's lack of courage and can sound very critical.

Emphasize Weakness

 Enough of the daily terror of gun violence in homes and streets that's claimed the lives of women and young black men in staggering proportions. Enough of easy access to guns by the people that we all agree shouldn't have them. And enough of a small group of craven politicians

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