| 单词 | spineless |
| 例句 | “The public,” he said, “does not want a ‘spineless’ radio.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He lighted the shank of candle in the japanned candlestick and regarded the bed—as spineless as a hammock and covered with a dirty patchwork quilt, the cotton batting spilling from the edges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His rosary beads hung from a corner of the shelf, and in between a pile of sweaters and a stack of spineless books was a framed plastic ID card. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Grandfather would not be proud if he saw me acting so spineless. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point, and the pun is very much intended. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t let them push you around. Don’t be spineless. You have to have more backbone.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was afraid I would paint him as a sentimentalist or, worse, some spineless ally of the Cuban government. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Once or twice she had seen the father furtively slip the child an extra morsel from his plate, but he was plainly too spineless to stand up for her against his shrew of a wife. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “No! You are fine—you’re a spineless jellyfish, but not dead enough to bury. Now take a look at these hands,” she ordered, and thrust them in front of me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She is limp, without will, made spineless by love; as I am. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Elinor definitely knows more stories with treasure in them than that spineless reader of yours!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A newspaper that only looks at the soft and gentle side of things is like a jellyfish, floppy and spineless. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Granted, she is adorable, and seven years old; so I hate to say this, but she’s also an entitled brat with a rich, spineless dad. Why Disney’s “first African princess” is the spirit animal for global white supremacy 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z That can manifest in a lot of problematic ways, including trying to pretend they know what they’re doing, or just being spineless creatures, as opposed to a Jamie Babbit, who has nothing but spine. Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer on Hollywood, Female Directors and Their New Movie 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In grumpy-old-men flicks such as Trouble with the Curve and Space Cowboys, the enemy is not bleeding-heart liberals or spineless judges. The meaning of Clint: what watching 40 Eastwood films has taught me 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The fact is, until just the other day, I thought this was because the Republicans are spineless and hypocritical, unwilling to risk the loss of their base and possibly jeopardize their reelection. Perspective | ’Fess up: Sometimes, even you tolerate a monster for the good of the team 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Pence may be spineless, But when he well could have caved, I’m just glad he Quayled. Style Invitational Week 1458: Do adjust your set 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But on this album, he’s so malleable as to be spineless, hiding his charms behind broad, borrowed gestures. Pitbull Moves Beyond Hip-Hop and Into the Unknown on ‘Climate Change’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Eyeing one apparatus at the store that looked like a spineless cactus, she said, “It’s going to fall out or do something peculiar.” Dating 6 Men at 68: The Woman Behind the Musical ‘Curvy Widow’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In TV’s ambitious comedies, as well as dramas, the arc of the last 20 years is not from bold risk-taking to spineless inoffensiveness. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z They think we’re all silly, spineless, spoiled nimrods who don’t have the guts to face real life.” Turning a Disease Into a Sideshow 2013-07-19T18:42:51Z Here he tones down his natural intensity to remind us that the seemingly soft, spineless and charming can be as damaging, in their way, as two-fisted bullies. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the 1930s building that the spineless animals were housed in was falling apart. Bidding the bugs farewell as the zoo plans to shut down its invertebrate exhibit Karen Gillan began the series as a revelation, spiky and soulful and sassy and various other words that begin with 'S' that aren't sappy or spineless or simpering. Doctor Who: series finale 2010-06-25T11:24:00Z When you think of Fox News’s spineless response to the Trump administration’s threats to the press, that’s increasingly hard to argue with. Perspective | ‘Chilling,’ cried Fox News when one of its reporters was targeted in a leak case. Where’s the outrage now? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z And Jim Carrey was the man behind “The Mask,” that deranged comedy about a spineless bank clerk named Stanley Ipkiss who, upon donning an ancient mask, finds his most wanton appetites unleashed. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z They’re usually the smallest component of the drink in your glass, but if you leave them out, you can end up with a spineless mess. Bitters make drinks better. But which ones do you need to buy? 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z She had distinguished herself on Broadway in Edward Albee’s sardonic “American Dream,” in which she played Mommy, the cartoonishly overwhelming wife of a spineless husband, and in Samuel Beckett’s bitterly comic “Happy Days.” Sada Thompson, Actress Known for Maternal Roles, Dies at 83 2011-05-06T04:38:16Z How, they will ask, could the well-meaning leaders of these four major museums be so spineless, so patronizing and so wrong? Perspective | In postponing Guston exhibition, the National Gallery and three other museums have made a terrible mistake 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z But this show is too spineless to even give him room to chew the scenery. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-10-22T23:06:00Z He’s spineless and loserly and reminds me of a male version of Rachel, the titular sad-sack from Paula Hawkins’s “The Girl on the Train,” except that his motivations feel muddled and random. ‘Man on Fire’ review: Salvation through extreme record-breaking 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Still, there are breaking points even for the spineless. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Making Way for Marge and Lester 2014-04-16T16:19:16Z How amazing it is that the the English upper classes are running the country, given that they emerged chinless and spineless from such a tiny gene pool. Your next box set: A Dance to the Music of Time 2012-10-04T15:00:01Z “I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like, oh, this is a really clear indication that we’re not the cool club anymore,” he said. Wanda Sykes on Smith slapping Rock: ‘It was sickening’ 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z So it was all Helen's fault in the end, and Noah is nothing like the weak, spineless man she who used and discarded her. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 8: People See What They Want to See 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Still, the two of them can't disguise the fact that this is not so much a broken-backed play as a spineless one: its subject keeps slipping away. Cause C?l?bre; Rocket to the Moon ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:47Z How dare the NYT think it can continue to print these sniveling, spineless editorials that claim to be brave examinations of cultural norms, when it is exactly the opposite. Alec Baldwin Skewers Trump. And Supports Allen and Toback. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z It's time to call time on this spineless mummy niceness. Mothers, enough of the simpering please! 2013-06-29T06:29:01Z Her clear discomfort being anything other than a ham rendered “Idol” spineless. Reimagining ?American Idol? After Simon Cowell 2010-08-01T22:45:00Z She drafts a reply to the admissions office, confessing that she’s too much of a “spineless loser” to tell her mom she wants to get away from Staten Island. The Eerie, Mundane Thrill of Being Watched on the Internet 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Saddest of all is watching the exceptional Vincent D’Onofrio — after a decade of spicing up the formulaic recipe of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” — reduced to the dramatic gruel of Roger, a spineless banking drone. Movie Review: ‘Chlorine’ Stars Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D’Onofrio 2014-02-28T00:48:40Z One activist group, the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, took aim at the Senators and those who abstained in the vote, calling them spineless and "toxic to the will of people". Thailand's Move Forward seek to curb Senate powers after loss in PM vote 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z He wrote the piece “deserved far better than the spineless treatment it got from GQ.” How GQ erased its article that was critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Conservative former U.S. appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig in an opinion piece on Sunday said Republicans are making a serious error with "spineless support" for Donald Trump's new bid for the White House. Mitsotakis to be sworn in as Greek PM after landslide victory 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Conservative former U.S. appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig in an opinion piece on Sunday said Republicans are making a serious error with "spineless support" for Donald Trump's new bid for the White House. Russia seeks calm after aborted mutiny, West sees cracks in Putin's power 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Conservative former U.S. appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig in an opinion piece on Sunday said Republicans are making a serious error with "spineless support" for Donald Trump's new bid for the White House. South Korea to overhaul costly private education amid debate over 'killer questions' 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Conservative former U.S. appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig in an opinion piece on Sunday said Republicans are making a serious error with "spineless support" for Donald Trump's new bid for the White House. Ukraine says little changes along southern frontline in past week 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Conservative former U.S. appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig in an opinion piece on Sunday said Republicans are making a serious error with "spineless support" for Donald Trump's new bid for the White House. China blast wounds two in third restaurant explosion in under a week 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The interviewers reveal themselves as spineless simps no less annoying than the lapdogs who spent years crotch-nuzzling former President Barack Obama. Trump at his best when challenged 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The sudden change in the spineless PGA Tour’s position caught its own players by surprise, with several taking to social media to share their disbelief. Plaschke: PGA commits heinous act of hypocrisy by merging with LIV Golf 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It continues: “Let’s be clear: this shooter did not act alone. He was aided by spineless Republicans who refuse to protect us. When will enough be enough?” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “It’s strange. It shows I have no scruples. It’s what’s known as the spineless middle ground,” he joked. Mark Russell, political satirist who delivered jokes at a piano, dies at 90 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z When the governor barred local governments from enacting their own Covid restrictions, Mr. Warren called the order “weak and spineless.” Inside Ron DeSantis’s Politicized Removal of an Elected Prosecutor 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z This spineless betrayal has already caused the company’s stock to dip amid understandable calls for boycotts. Editorial: Walgreens is despicable for bowing to pressure not to sell abortion pills in some states 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z McSweeney, who was jailed for 38 years for her murder, was condemned as "spineless" by Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb for failing to appear in court. Zara Aleena murder: Raab seeks to force convicts to appear at sentencing 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z "This is not made-up stuff. This is who they are! And even McCarthy, as gutless and spineless as he is, knew that they walked right into the trap. It's unbelievable." “Low-quality people”: James Carville says Republican SOTU antics were “white trash on display” 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Banks has said he will be opposed in his Senate campaign by “radical Democrats and spineless Republicans.” Analysis | Mitch Daniels tests Senate run in Indiana, drawing fire from Trump world 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The researchers also discovered that the echidnas shed heat by pressing their bellies and legs - which are spineless - to cooler surfaces. Snot bubbles and belly flops keep echidnas cool, research finds 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The team also found evidence that some spineless areas of the echidna’s body, including its soft underbelly and the inside of its legs, allow heat to escape. Echidnas blow snot bubbles to cool down 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Banks, who has served in the House since 2017, said he’s running because Indiana needs a conservative fighter in the Senate to stand up to “spineless Republicans” and far-left Democrats. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks aims to succeed Mike Braun in Senate 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Of course, the world is laughing even harder at Republicans, both the ultraright refuseniks and the spineless careerists like McCarthy who helped empower the extremists. Making America the opposite of great 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The insipid, spineless man who once delivered a speech entitled "How the GOP can solve problems in government" has been unable to solve the simplest of matters — getting 218 votes. GOP in utter shambles, and Democrats are loving it: But it's a bad look for America 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He is spineless, deceptive, and is letting his daughter run your marriage. Advice | Ask Amy: My husband’s family completely excludes me, even after 8 years 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesman Tommy Garcia jumped on the bandwagon: “A spineless party willing to cower to dictators who threaten democratic freedoms has no business leading the United States House of Representatives.” Democrats attack ‘Putin Republicans’ for questioning Biden’s blank check for Ukraine war 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z There is a masculinity crisis in our country — most obviously found among the spineless Republican men who spent six years prostrating themselves before Donald Trump. Republicans and the crisis of "manhood": Who are the real sex-obsessed pervs in America? 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Governments in Europe and Australia have written these smart, spineless animals into their laws. Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The main lesson from this is that McCarthy is a spineless weasel and no one, especially not the leaders at the DOJ, should be afraid of him. Trump, Alex Jones and Steve Bannon: GOP goons follow a familiar playbook when accountability knocks 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z She did her patriotic duty by pulling back the curtain on a power-mad president and his spineless sycophants. Opinion | Glenn Youngkin could learn something from Cassidy Hutchinson 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The result of all this spineless activity was an insurrection that claimed lives, emboldened white supremacists and, according to the committee, nearly led to a coup. Column: The real lesson of the Jan. 6 committee? Stop electing Trump sycophants to Congress 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Emba called the people behind this bill spineless cowards for choosing to protect our children with trained armed guards. Opinion | When teachers are the ones with guns in classrooms 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z As long as we’re rethinking how our laws privilege animals with backbones, through, Dr. Huffard said it may not make sense to elevate cephalopods above the other spineless species. Octopuses Don’t Have Backbones — or Rights 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Whether we have another 2020 — or worse — in 2024 depends heavily on what voters do this November, not just with the conspiracy fanatics but with all those who have spinelessly played along. Opinion | Trump’s aides told him the truth. Now they are finally telling us. 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The state’s opponents are well-armed with their stacked courts and spineless political pawns. Column: Trump's judges are coming for California's gun laws. Can we stop them? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z On his website, Majewski has called the GOP "raunch with lifetime politicians who are spineless and seek to serve themselves and the members of their exclusive 'club.'" Ohio Republican who attended Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally wins House primary 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z It was once unthinkable that malevolent partisans, wayward conspiracy theorists and spineless careerists such as Mr. McCarthy might combine to overturn a legitimate democratic election. Opinion | McCarthy audio shows Congress must bolster our democratic system — now 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The Lincoln Project, a prominent anti-Trump group, said the report reaffirmed that McCarthy and McConnell "are, and always have been, spineless." “Spineless” McCarthy, McConnell vowed to cancel "son of a b**ch" Trump over Jan 6 — then caved: book 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “DeSantis is as powerful in Florida as Trump was and still is among Republicans nationally. When that sort of thing happens, this is what you get. Gutless, spineless, sycophancy.” Florida legislators give DeSantis their power to draw House map 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z “It is cowardly, it is spineless, it is a denial of justice.” Turkey Transfers Khashoggi Murder Trial to Saudi Arabia 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z "I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse, and it just – it really felt like, 'Oh, this is a really clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore,'" Carrey added. Tom Segura launches into Will Smith for viral Chris Rock Oscars slap: ‘I have zero respect’ 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “I was sickened by the standing ovation. Hollywood is just spineless en masse and it really felt like this is a really clear indication that we aren’t the cool club any more.” Jim Carrey rips ‘spineless’ Hollywood for applauding Will Smith: ‘We aren’t the cool club any more’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z He added that he was “sickened by the standing ovation,” calling Hollywood “spineless.” The industry — and the academy — are torn on how to handle Will Smith’s Oscars slap 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z "I felt like Hollywood is just spineless en masse, and it just — it really felt like, 'Oh, this is a really clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore,'" Carrey added. Jim Carrey tears into ‘spineless’ Oscars crowd for Will Smith ovation after slap: ‘I was sickened’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Opponents charged that spineless northerners had once again submitted to a shadowy force they called the Slave Power and revoked a solemn national covenant to protect free soil. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “This message is for the police in DC and other cities that have spineless and tyrannical leaders such as mine,” Patrol Officer Robert Hollingsworth says in the video. Tacoma police officer placed on leave after filming ‘Let’s go Brandon’ video while on duty 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z One mother promised to send her children to school maskless with printed copies of Youngkin’s executive order, while others insulted school board members, labeling them “spineless” and a “clown show.” ‘So broken down’: Teachers, students and families caught in the middle of Youngkin’s mask order 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “The league will prove itself greedy, spineless, and hypocritical if it doesn’t force Palihapitiya to sell his interest in the Warriors,” Mr. Cotton concluded. Cotton urges NBA to force Warriors part-owner to sell over Uyghur comment 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z However, that moment was rendered irrelevant by the way England spinelessly capitulated, ending the series with another batting collapse that has become a characteristic of their Test cricket. England crushed in final Ashes Test 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Of course, the spineless school district apologized over what was a perfectly safe age-appropriate writing exercise. Why modern American sex education is lacking (and Dutch sex ed is so good) 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “The cowards there now are too spineless to investigate Election Fraud.” Opinion | The Trump Conspiracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “These guys are spineless,” he said of lawmakers who refused to join his plan to overturn the election based on false claims of widespread voter fraud. Trump Lawyer Blamed Pence for Violence as Rioters Stormed Capitol 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Almost 75% of the incidents in FIRE’s database led to sanctions meted out by “spineless bureaucrats,” the report said. Cancel culture hits hardest at nation’s highest-ranked colleges 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z They almost certainly know better but are spineless, too afraid to alienate their hardcore Christian constituency, despite the clear ignorance behind the evangelical understanding of the climate crisis. Evangelicals, science and the vaccine: Refusal is built on deep-seated fear 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z There was an immediate backlash from some parents, upset that local school officials won’t defy the state order, calling them “spineless.” ‘Spineless’: Tri-Cities parents upset with schools’ plan to obey Washington state mask mandate 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z And the spineless cowards of the Globalist 7 went right along with the whole crime and let China get away with all of it. Bring back Trump to call out China and the Globalists 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The retailer briefly reinstated the book after Shrier and other conservative commentators decried the removal as “spineless,” then yanked it again in February. Amazon overrules employees’ calls to stop selling book questioning mainstream treatment for transgender youth 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Republicans take swing at 'spineless' All-Star Game move with bills to plunk MLB Capitol rioter's parents renounce Trump's 'Stop the Steal': 'We see now that it was all lies' No relief: Orioles score late of Rangers pen in 6-1 victory 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Our lineage split from that of cephalopods—the spineless class that includes octopuses, squids and cuttlefish—half a billion years ago. An Octopus Could Be the Next Model Organism 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z "Our spineless governor refuses to stand up to them and do what’s right for our students. It’s time to recall Newsom." LA teachers warned to not share vacation pics as union seeks safe return to classrooms: report 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z “We bid a farewell to the weak-kneed, the spineless and the cowards that are posing in D.C. pretending that they’re working for the people,” she said. At conservative conference, Trump is still the golden boy 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Senate, where the majority of Republicans are either spineless sycophants or outright authoritarians who will never vote to convict you, no matter how compelling the evidence. Odds of conviction are poor — but Democrats must stay strong on impeachment 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Republicans have a chance to be true heroes — rather than spineless cowards. Senate Republicans could still save their party from disaster. We already know they won't 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Capitol to the Nazis’ 1938 Night of Broken Glass attack on Jews across Germany and his native Austria, Schwarzenegger asserted that “spineless” fellow Republicans were also to blame for the deadly riot. Schwarzenegger was right. Many of his fellow Republicans are 'spineless' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z They have proven themselves to be spineless cowards who cannot put country over their own political fortunes. Donald Trump is acting like a spoiled toddler — America must give him a permanent timeout 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “You never see a breakdown in democracy without a good bit of spineless semi-loyal behavior on the part of actors who ought to know better,” Diamond said. California Republican leaders go all in on Trump's election subterfuge, but some are more vocal than others 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z There's no need to recite here the catalogue of horrors Donald Trump and his spineless Republican lackeys visited on this country and the world. In a looking-glass world: Our work is just beginning 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Among her most frequent rally lines was calling him a “spineless bootlicker” beholden to Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. GOP’s Cornyn defeats Democratic challenger MJ Hegar in Texas 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Let’s be clear: I don’t consider voting against Trump’s impeachment a spineless act. Schwarzenegger was right. Many of his fellow Republicans are 'spineless' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z They began to chant that he was spineless. Some Protests Against Police Brutality Take a More Confrontational Approach 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s unclear what made James a so-called “spineless coward.” LeBron James snaps back at critics after Lakers win: 'Anybody can talk from outside' 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Eyebrows rose and tongues clucked at Liberty when Falwell told another Christian leader on Twitter to "grow a pair" -- a suggestion he also made to "spineless Repubs" on April 18, 2019. Giancarlo Granda claims Falwell Jr. has been 'relentlessly harassing' him since sex scandal broke 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z After her Aug. 11 runoff victory, she inveighed against “spineless Republicans” and promised to kick Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of Congress. Georgia candidate’s post removed for inciting violence 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Six other spineless California Republicans also voted to reject the electoral votes: Reps. Schwarzenegger was right. Many of his fellow Republicans are 'spineless' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump is not faring well in the polls lately, so we should not be shocked to see these spineless men suddenly start taking exception to his last-gasp efforts to undercut the election. Opinion | The Future of the G.O.P. After Trump 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z But almost immediately, they regretted it and spent the rest of 2017 backtracking in spineless fashion. Perspective | A new day in sports: Owners don’t have to agree with players, but they must listen. 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “There are too many spineless cowards behind the pulpit today, and I could care less what the world thinks.” BLM protesters target upstate New York church based on internet image of racism 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z “We have a spineless mayor and our D.A. is an absolute fraud.” Retired Philadelphia officer blames 'spineless' mayor, 'fraud' district attorney for spike in crime 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z “As spineless elected officials turn their backs on cops, POP PAC will elect law & order candidates in their place,” the release states. Retired cops launch PAC to help elect pro-police candidates 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult. 25 steps to Trump’s re-election 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Let’s not forget her son, seemingly spineless Francis, and the aged, rotting, domineering paterfamilias, Howard Doyle, whose sway over the household is inexplicable — at first. The twisted evil of eugenics made real in the novel 'Mexican Gothic' 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z A Paris police officer quoted by Le Parisien news on Friday said "this government is spineless - all you need is 20,000 hotheads in the street and the government abandons the police". 'Insulted' French police dump handcuffs in protest 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The remaining loyalists are the moral jellyfish of American politics — spineless, blind and drifting aimlessly in the waves of chaos and craziness flowing from the Trump White House. To Republican officeholders: Dump Trump now 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z "And his reaction was — if not the worst in the world — among the worst in the world. It was dangerous. It was spineless. It was heedless. It was self-serving." Public health experts say Trump is bungling the coronavirus response 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Hospital workers, airport screeners and others aren't just caving in like spineless Trump toadies bowing to their Great Leader. Donald Trump is putting healthcare workers in grave danger 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “Trump’s legal team may not believe abusing your power is an abuse of power, but the spineless betas in Congress do, and don’t care.” Samantha Bee: 'By voting to acquit Trump, the Senate set a devastating precedent' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z In the face of this network entertainment imperative now run amok, both parties have morphed into spineless, acquiescent blobs. Opinion | Want to fix the presidential primaries? Revive the fairness and equal time doctrines. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Democratic presidential primary contender Elizabeth Warren did not mince her words on Tuesday when she criticized congressional Republicans for their unwavering support of President Trump – calling GOP lawmakers “fawning, spineless defenders of his crimes.” Warren slams GOP as 'fawning, spineless defenders' of Trump in New Year's Eve speech 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, conservationists continue to champion the large, the small, the magnificent and spineless creatures that might otherwise slide, under the radar, to extinction. With a million species at risk, what do we save? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z You could call them unprincipled, opportunistic, cowardly, spineless, vacillating, fainthearted, jittery or dissolute. Press Watch: Democrats who are undecided on impeachment aren't "moderates." They're hacks 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Conservative commentator Rob Smith also weighed in, labeling the anonymous author as "spineless." Katrina Pierson makes bombshell accusation: ‘Anonymous’ anti-Trump book author is ‘senior advisor’ in Admin 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z I wonder how many of his spineless Republican critics were awarded the Purple Heart after being injured by a bomb in Iraq. Opinion | The facts are only going to get worse for Trump 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Under certain conditions, we’re all perfectly capable of being spineless, feckless, reckless and cruel. In search of our better selves - Golf Digest 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Paltry fines and spineless words brought us here, to a place where this hatred can now be expressed en masse at a televised Uefa event. Paltry fines and spineless words helped create the scenes in Sofia | Barney Ronay 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z To back down now would expose the president’s pursuers as spineless cowards. The real cover-up: Putting Donald Trump’s impeachment in context 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z "I just think he is spineless, cowardly," he said. Katrina Pierson makes bombshell accusation: ‘Anonymous’ anti-Trump book author is ‘senior advisor’ in Admin 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z What this spineless dereliction implies for other, similar pro-democracy movements opposed to authoritarian regimes, such as those in Egypt and Russia, or for China’s persecuted Uighur and Hui Muslim minorities, is gravely dismaying. Is defeat inevitable for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement? | Simon Tisdall 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Yet the spineless academy waited until he was 82 to give him their version of a mea culpa: an honorary Oscar. - The Washington Post 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Segue to the Mueller era and a number of NYT commentators continued the attacks; calling her spineless and failing in her duties as leader of the House. Opinion | Impeaching the Peach One 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z That outburst of life, which paleontologists call the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, took place in the oceans, which were inhabited mostly by spineless creatures. Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In the days after the shooting, local talk radio hosts trashed him as a “limp-wristed, spineless, gutless Republican.” Angry and fearful, Americans struggle to talk about guns and race 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z It is not the will of the UK’s now spineless parliament. No-deal Brexit was once a sick Tory joke. Now it’s serious | Simon Jenkins 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z He knows the GOP’s spineless congressional cheering squad will always fall into line and that dissenters will be isolated. Opinion | We can either choose Trump’s vision of America, or John Paul Stevens’s 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z President Trump didn’t waste much breath Tuesday night on the individual shortcomings of the two dozen Democratic candidates vying for their party’s presidential nomination, instead attacking the entire field of contenders as spineless on immigration. Donald Trump: 2020 Democrats spineless on immigration 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the point, but singling out these two candidates doesn’t necessarily mean I believe your candidate is spineless. Democrats: It's time to step up and own your positions. Warren and Gillibrand are leading the way 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “How can these spineless Republicans look their spouses and children in the face and claim to teach them patriotism?” Maxine Waters calls on "porn star fornicator" Trump to "take his ridiculous self home" and "resign" 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Facilitating a conflation of the two and hoping no one will notice is spineless. Shocked by the rise of the right? Then you weren’t paying attention | Gary Younge 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z A winemaker I spoke to called it “flabby, spineless.” The Mission grape is cool in L.A. again, thanks to the natural wine movement 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He channeled that frustration at the time into columns that ripple with disappointment about the “spineless Democratic Party.” Pete Buttigieg’s Focus: Storytelling First. Policy Details Later. 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z “Translation: We’re spineless cowards marching to the orders of Dear Leader, what do you want?” said national security lawyer Bradley Moss of McCarthy’s comments. Kevin McCarthy slammed as "spineless coward" over defense of Donald Trump’s national emergency 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z One of them said: “I get who you are. You’re one of those spineless centrists.” Opinion | The Loneliness of the Moderate Democrat 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Lane, being the spineless sponge he is, says yes. In ‘Lake City,’ a ne’er-do-well narrator prowls Seattle’s back streets 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Following the lead of its hand-picked commission, which last week released a spineless report on Maryland’s football culture, the regents offered a litany of excuses for Durkin. DJ Durkin had to go 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z One spineless Clinton sycophant in the media, the editorial page editor for the Daily Press in Newport News, not only failed to condemn Mr. Clinton’s threat of violence, he outright applauded it. Donald Trump at fault for all political incivility? 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Sarah Wollaston also called them "spineless cowards" and raised the death of Mrs Cox. Abuse of Theresa May condemned by politicians 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z To correct this grave injustice, Mr. Dudley and his spineless collaborators decided to — change the name of the building to that of a black man. Washington & Lee wets the bed — makes deal with anti-history devil 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z A politician steeped in nuance may appear not smart but spineless; a politician who avoids it may seem not simple-minded but determined. Does This Moment in History Call for More ‘Nuance,’ or Less? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “It shows that he’s rather spineless, to put it bluntly, and will just do whatever is best for him politically to get re-elected,” said Kuckuck. West Virginia Republicans look to 'Kavanaugh bump' to fire turnout 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Though the note also took aim at Democrats, calling them the Republicans’ “spineless partners-in-crime.” GOP office vandalized ahead of far-right event 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Ted Cruz has demonstrated how spineless he is on innumerable occasions. Beto O’Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical Women 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Are rich kids being given an undeserved boost by their spineless teachers? Perspective | What matters more? Grades or standardized test scores? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Right or wrong, plenty of Twitter’s users view Dorsey as a feckless, spineless suit unwilling to address even the most basic problems plaguing his platform. Roasting Jack Dorsey’s beard may be petty, but it’s also part of a time-honored tradition 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Now that the country also has its own self-styled strongman president, enabled by a spineless Congress and an increasingly reactionary judiciary, Mailer’s mention of a “pre-fascistic atmosphere” seems prescient. Make sports, not war: Why can’t we just play ball? 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The real failure, he believed, was that of a spineless political class. John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In the end, the ball—unlike this spineless sack of ego—didn't lie and the kid rightfully ended up on base, but this raises plenty of real world concerns nonetheless. Little League ump shows child who's boss with absurd strike calls - Golf Digest 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Are they Republican traitors to be labeled RINOs in their next primaries or spineless GOP lackeys afraid to stand up to Trump in any meaningful way? Colorado Editorial Roundup 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Democrats in Congress are powerless; the Republican leadership, spineless. Opinion | God bless the ‘deep state’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z To call someone “spineless” is an insult on land, but in the ocean, it’s simply a sensible lifestyle choice. This 3D-printed origami trap captures delicate sea life without hurting them 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Almost as important is the cowardice of a congressional majority that refuses to speak the truth of what everybody saw: a spineless leader, unequal to the task at hand. Editorials from around New York 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Max Rose, a Democrat trying to unseat Rep. Dan Donovan in a district centered around the Staten Island borough of New York City, called his opponent a “spineless doormat” in the face of Trump’s transgressions. Trump says he misspoke, and believes U.S. intelligence findings that Russia meddled in election 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z And it’s almost as hard to believe that spineless Republicans acquiesce in the behavior of a president who, again this week, asserted that “Our Country’s biggest enemy is the Fake News.” Opinion | Trump is often depressing. This week, he was sickening. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “Our experts describe you as an appallingly dull fellow, unimaginative, timid, lacking in initiative, spineless, easily dominated, no sense of humour, tedious company and irredeemably drab and awful,” Cleese tells Palin. The financial scandal no one is talking about 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The vast majority of your fellow Americans don't think that's too much to ask of our spineless lawmakers. Texas School Shooting: 10 Dead, 10 Hurt, and Many Not Surprised It Happened 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Her argument about pending litigation was a spineless dodge, a dance around the festering truth that threatens to destroy college basketball. New college basketball guidelines only strengthen a rotten, exploitative system 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The LA Times should be an aggressive, independent watchdog like the New York Times and Washington Post, not a spineless cheerleader. L.A. Times’s New Owner Plans Big Moves. First Up, Relocating to the Suburbs. 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Major world powers, and the UN, are spineless. Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates in Shadow of Syrian Civil War 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z I have a dream where politicians are not moral cowards and spineless sycophants. The panel: what would Martin Luther King's dream be in 2018? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “The Bolton PAC was obsessed with how America was becoming limp wristed and spineless and it wanted research and messaging for national security issues,” Mr. Wylie said. Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z So we will soon have a very unstable and incompetent president surrounded by spineless underlings many of whom are ideological extremists. ‘There Will Always Be Change,’ Trump Says as More Personnel Shake-Ups Loom 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s a film that takes us from Stalin’s final days in March 1953 through the battle for power among his intimidated minions — spineless but dangerous sycophants who made up the dictator’s potential successors. ‘The Death of Stalin’: Dictator’s final days a comedy of terrors 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Monterey Bay Aquarium, for example, tweeted: “Four stars ... Heartless, brainless and spineless yet more emotive than most.” I downloaded all my Facebook data – here’s what I learned 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “I think that if everyone in China was a coward, if everyone was spineless then we’d still be living in the Qin dynasty,” he said, referring to the first dynasty of Imperial China. Indefinite rule for China's Xi snuffs out activists' reform hopes 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z An attorney for Glenn’s family called Lacey’s decision “spineless” and said it highlighted a conflict of interest when prosecutors are tasked with deciding whether to charge police officers. LAPD officer won’t face charges in killing of unarmed man 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It's a film that takes us from Stalin's final days in March 1953 through the battle for power among his intimidated minions — spineless but dangerous sycophants who made up the great man's potential successors. 'The Death of Stalin' mines horrific history for satirical laughs 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Another unprincipled, morally empty and spineless Republican politician. Trump’s Republican Critics Find a Sudden Need for His Support 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z And for that you can blame the spineless members of the IOC that provided the cover for the Russians to come. Column: Cheating Russians should have never been in Olympics 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z “I think that if everyone in China was a coward, if everyone was spineless then we’d still be living in the Qin dynasty,” he said, referring to the first dynasty of Imperial China. Indefinite rule for China's Xi snuffs out activists' reform hopes 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The autocrat also counts on spineless politicians to cave in to his demands. Opinion | Nunes paves Trump’s road to autocracy 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z We don't buy it you chumps and your Faustian bargain only exposes you for how spineless you are. House Republicans Vote to Release Secret Memo on Russia Inquiry 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z You, on the other hand, did wrong wrong, making yourselves look feckless, spineless and brainless in the process. Democrats, you’ve been had 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The broad middle in both houses of Congress should no longer wait for direction from a chaotic White House or spineless congressional leadership. Opinion | These were the true heroes of the shutdown debacle 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Their personal courage in the face of unspeakable horror shames the spineless majority of the American Congress. Leaving Africa, and Living in Limbo 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z He also expressed disdain for then-President Obama, calling him an "arrogant, hypocritical, spineless socialist," and for the song "Same Love," singer Macklemore's anthem in support of same-sex marriage. Ex-classmate accused of killing Blaze Bernstein boasted of religious faith, conservative views – LA Times 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Yes, as if the world wasn’t depressing enough, spineless book arrangements are now a thing. Finding your museum doppelganger is fun – but the science behind it is scary | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Why would anyone devote her life to a brainless, spineless, gutless group of parasites? Tapeworms are brainless, spineless, gutless parasites — and this scientist loves them 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z He called the players “absolutely spineless” and the coaching “disgusting.” Sports quirks: Basepath chaos, donkey gift, sunken earring 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z As far as they are aware, theirs is not simply the smallest collection dedicated to the natural history of mollusks — the phylum of spineless creatures that includes octopuses, clams, snails and slimy sea worms. The creators of the world's smallest mollusk museum have giant ambitions 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Gregory, spineless to such a degree that almost any scene he’s in becomes unbearable to watch, suggests keeping the Saviors outside and starving them. The Walking Dead can be better, it’s just choosing not to 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z And just like you broke her nose, you will prevail against the captain and her spineless followers. The daughter you've always wanted : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Most were spineless marine critters: sea stars, sea slugs, oysters, barnacles, mussels, amphipods, bryozoa and isopods. Plastic junk brought invasive species to U.S. after Japan’s 2011 tsunami 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Who cares about your health and your doctor and your health insurance these spineless clowns need to keep their jobs. There are no decent plans in Congress, just lies, intraparty squabbling 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z If that seems like a lot to ask from a six-foot box of spineless, mostly brainless animals — well, Philipp doesn't disagree. The creators of the world's smallest mollusk museum have giant ambitions 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Sellers hawked glittery clams and other odd creatures, some spineless but all vibrant. Homegrown coral reefs are beautiful — and potentially dangerous 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z One resident reportedly described the assailant as “spineless” for taking on an armless machine. Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Well, what the heck did you expect putting federal bureaucrats and spineless politicians in charge of the American people’s health care? Blame Democrats who created Obamacare and are dishonest about it 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z And Republican politicians who still spinelessly defend or minimize Trump’s bizarre antics should realize that they are enabling a degeneration of politics. Opinion | Trump has made our politics ridiculous 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z And when still another troll called him a “slimy spineless white coward,” Signer wrote: “Another profile in courage here-anonymous trolls lecturing elected officials about cowardice. Yawn.” Virginia mayor takes on online trolls after monument protest 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z President enabled by a spineless and supine Congress that fails to exercise its oversight powers isn’t a weak executive at all: he is a potential despot. Donald Trump’s Craven Republican Enablers 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Northam, by contrast, put out statements after the vote decrying Republicans’ “spineless, unprincipled cruelty” in passing the legislation. Obamacare cost him a seat in Congress. Can it make him Governor of Virginia? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z However, many have also criticised the "targeting" of the host as a "typical spineless liberal move". Wigs and parting gifts for O'Reilly, and Islamabad airport scuffle - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z It is the weak, humanitarian, spineless French intellectual class. Franco-American 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The versatile player works with instruments including synthesizer, harp, percussion, strings, organs and a 24-person choir on the recordings, and the free-floating results are ethereal without being spineless. Selections from Alice Coltrane's blissful late-period meditation music will be reissued by Luaka Bop 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Bad numbers and bad news — the two are interconnected — can help move even the most spineless lawmaker. Opinion | How to manage the White House cancer 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The moment demanded a President with “guts,” he declared, not a “weak, spineless” one who “believes she is above the law.” Michael Flynn, General Chaos 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The Republicans are too spineless to do anything out of the party line, now that they are in the driver's seat. Welcome Back, Wall Street. Now Pay Us Back. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The president views legislative leaders such as Ryan — if the first part of his inaugural address is to be believed — as corrupt, spineless failures. Opinion | The ‘best fortnight in a decade’ for conservatives? Uh-oh. 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Invertebrates are spineless creatures and the group includes many familiar animals, such as insects, spiders, worms and snails. Bumper load of new viruses identified - BBC News 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The government is spineless where curbing pollution is concerned. Farmers’ Unchecked Crop Burning Fuels India’s Air Pollution 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “These are spineless men,” said Brittany Pounders, a Republican activist and political blogger from Houston. Abandoning Donald Trump and, for Some Women, the G.O.P., Too 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The message described people who plan on casting ballots for the Democratic presidential candidate next month as “spineless” and “boring,” and implored them to vote instead for Mr. Trump on Nov. 8. Clinton Wikipedia pages vandalized with porn, pro-Trump message 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Dangerous lies are costly, and so is spineless acceptance. Was Tim Kaine yammering or truth-telling? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z To all those spineless, gelatinous masses who call themselves conservatives and demanding Trump drop out, I say it’s time to lead, follow or get out of the way. Spineless establishment Republicans care more about their jobs than the future of America 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z It is important for Obama and his legacy, but still more so for Hillary Clinton’s prospects, that the Democratic administration does not appear spineless – especially not before its old Russian foe. Syria isn’t a cold war conflict: the US and Russia can’t just fix it 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z I am sick of Donald Trump, I am sick of Paul Ryan, I am sick of how weak, spineless and clueless the Republican Party is, and I want them out. Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z But Greenland sharks have small, spineless fins, and their vertebrae are too soft for countable layers to be deposited, says marine biologist Julius Nielsen at the University of Copenhagen, who also worked on the study. Near-blind shark is world’s longest-lived vertebrate 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It also exposed the IOC as a spineless organization more bent on self-preservation than on ensuring cheaters are not allowed in any Olympic sport. Column: Rio could prove that Olympics are too big to fail 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Dumpster, those among his supporters who do so for malicious purposes, and his "spineless" GOP enablers must be routed and uprooted from government, or else the effectiveness of government will continue to erode. Why Hillary Clinton’s Polling Bounce Has a Better Chance to Persist 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In explaining his organization’s spineless stance, Thomas Bach, the disappointing IOC president, said, “Every human being is entitled to individual justice.” Russia just doesn't belong at the Rio Games 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z "This is a spineless attempt to appear as the nice guy to both sides." Long jumper Rutherford blasts 'spineless' IOC decision 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The spineless reptiles we elect for presidents and prime minsters pat themselves on the back for their great achievements while in reality they are the embodiment of utter failure. Scores Reported Dead in Nice, France, as Truck Plows Into Bastille Day Crowd 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Pointing to emails Democrats sent asking for financial support to "defeat spineless Republicans" in November, Ryan accused the Democrats of engineering the sit-in as a "fundraising scheme." Democrats End 25-Hour Sit-In 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Scarborough's attack on Trump and, to him, spineless GOP elites is not shared by all of roughly similar ideology. The Morning After 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z If we don’t call addiction a disease, don’t we risk going back to the bad old days of denigrating addicts as self-indulgent, spineless pariahs? Why addiction is not a disease: the liberal case 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. George warned that every Republican candidate risked being co-opted because they must “deal with the spineless Republicans we’ve got in the House and in the Senate.” Donald Trump supporters watchful for signs backpedaling 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Nor were the big shots in "The Big Short," though in one memorable scene, a woman plays the spineless, clueless Standard & Poor's gatekeeper. Lessons From 7 Women Who Broke Wall Street's Glass Ceiling 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z When a House of Delegates committee weakened the bill, a furious Mr. Barry called his political opponents “spineless pinkos.” Warren E. Barry, maverick Virginia legislator, dies at 82 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Shandling played the neurotic, insecure and spineless host with the catch phrase "No flipping" and a regular habit of watching his show in bed at night. Garry Shandling's 'The Larry Sanders Show' changed comedy, inspiring new brand of authentic, awkward comedy 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Shandling played the neurotic, insecure and spineless host with the catch phrase “No flipping” and a regular habit of watching his show in bed at night. Shandling’s ‘The Larry Sanders Show’ changed comedy 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z They were weak and spineless, too cozy in their comfort to crush their enemies. This is why the right hates Donald Trump: He doesn’t question their core beliefs, but they still see the danger 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z “Republican leadership is spineless,” Cardwell said in a statement announcing his campaign. What the departures of two Va. congressmen say about the state of their party 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The Union Leader ran an editorial condemning the ABC decision as “spineless,” but it was too late: ABC hadn’t even consulted with McQuaid before making the decision. Meet the New Hampshire newspaper publisher who’s at war with Donald Trump 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Why is anyone surprised that in the popular imagination Democrats are perceived as spineless? Reasons to give thanks: America is a total mess — and some of it is good news 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z In the past, House leaders weren’t so spineless. Congress misses a chance to improve the transportation bill 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Publicly, most lawmakers are too spineless to face up to this reality. Congress’s spinelessness on transportation 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z No two ways about it, yesterday morning was the most disgraceful and spineless effort I have ever seen from the Australian cricket team. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day two – as it happened 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z If a spineless politician is willing to freely hand over hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money, it’s not exactly the easiest thing in the world to turn it down. John Oliver Right On Stadium Subsidy Criticism, But Misses Real Target For Blame 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Cruz is hardly the first candidate to pitch himself as Washington’s only honest lawmaker, but he appears exceptionally willing to brand his party as a pack of spineless backbiters. Ted Cruz's Senate colleagues are going to hate his new book 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z For example, here’s how LePage tends to talk about his opponents — who are, in many cases, members of the general public: They’re idiots, liars and spoiled little brats; they’re corrupt, spineless and like the Nazis. Paul LePage is facing impeachment: Why the Tea Party hero’s luck may have finally run out 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z She compared Sen. Marco Rubio, who is already in the race, to a jellyfish, saying he’s spineless for backing off his proposal on immigration when faced with opposition in his own party. Murphy works Democratic Party event to build Senate campaign 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z No two ways about it, yesterday morning was the most disgraceful and spineless effort I have ever seen from the Australian cricket team. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day two – as it happened 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z They also show spineless politicians the world over that, yes, it's possible to be socially responsible and still adhere to good old-fashioned capitalistic principles. Apple's green initiative offers a smidgen of hope 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z I turn spineless around Le Pain’s baguette-shaped cakes, which the bakers call, with a graceless precision, “mango cream sticks.” Lotte Plaza: Where the food finds you 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “That spineless peacemaker Obama is doing all he can to dodge rabid pressure exerted by those trying to force him to openly supply lethal weapons to Ukraine,” Leontyev said. A year into a conflict with Russia, are sanctions working? 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Certainly for millions of British voters the effect will be to portray both establishment parties as equally spineless in pushing back against unwelcome Brussels diktats. Amid Charges Of Racism, Bold British Leader Hammers Another Nail In Globalism's Coffin 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z You were meant to collapse spinelessly, not bring back The Fear for English fans as this extremely confident start is doing. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day two – as it happened 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably ineffectual. Congress Shows a Lack of Enthusiasm for Giving Obama War Powers to Fight ISIS 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z A weak and spineless MO, but it did get him re-elected. JOSEPH CURL: Obama — Woohoo! Free stuff for everybody! 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z In spineless bureaucratese, these passive verb constructions cloud procedures, obscure U.S. military agency, and naturalize what “had to be done.” The Nuclear Disaster You Never Heard of 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z "What you hear from Republican voters is that their Republican leaders are spineless, wimpy — especially now that they control Congress," Beck said. Immigration a major hurdle to Republican unity in Congress 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z You were meant to collapse spinelessly, not bring back The Fear for English fans as this extremely confident start is doing. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fourth Test, day two – as it happened 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z It does pain me to be described as spineless or a squish. Inside the Beltway: Independents now outnumber Republicans and Democrats says Gallup 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z “It does pain me to be described as spineless or a squish,” said Boehner, hitting a sarcastic note before turning more serious. Boehner: I'm the Most Anti-Establishment Speaker Ever 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Supposedly Mr Sirisena’s campaign is backed by the West who want to replace a strong leader with a “spineless puppet”, though no proof of Western meddling is ever offered. Down to the wire 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Yet I hear virtually no American voices chuckling about the spineless capitulation of Sony and the theater companies; the difference is not the source of the threat, but its nature. The Sony Hack Shows How Vulnerable We Are to Intangible Threats 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Consider that Senate Republicans defeated a ban on assault rifles just weeks after Sandy Hook, with the help of 15 spineless Democrats. Don’t Forget the Children Massacred at Sandy Hook Figurative painting becomes the stuff of Christmas cards, music becomes spineless and sentimental, and literature collapses into cliche. The strangely enduring power of kitsch 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Robert Brustein thinks that “Nichols is becoming famous directing precisely the kind of spineless comedies and boneless musicals that he once would have satirized.” Newsweek's 1966 Profile of Mike Nichols: Director as Star But the spineless House of Representatives trembled before the NRA as it always does and never brought the storage bill to a vote. Adults should be charged if kid gets gun, like they do in Texas 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z For North Korea, it is surely of interest to observe that this familiar brand of spineless and desperate U.S. nuclear diplomacy is still on offer, given the right inducements. North Korea Takes a Tip from Iran's "Charm Offensive"? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But we often hear that our approach is doing our kids, and society, untold harm and that we will be directly responsible for a generation of spineless, helpless wimps. I Am a Helicopter Parent—And I Don't Apologize 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The shuffling, spineless little men who replaced these titans offer nothing but fear. A yes vote in Scotland would unleash the most dangerous thing of all - hope 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Among its targets: “evil” Democrats, “biased” media and “spineless” Republicans who joined the chorus of condemnation his quote engendered, unwilling to stand up for an “unapologetic conservative.” The return of Todd Akin 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr Simpson’s opponent, Bryan Smith, a lawyer with no political experience to speak of, sought to portray him as a spineless liberal. Main Street’s revenge 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Those who want their pensions, and the spineless slaves, do. Tweets from Crimea the night before 2014-03-16T01:19:33Z By not putting up more opposition, they continue, Republicans are "risking being seen as spineless." Did the Republicans fold on debt limit? 2014-02-12T16:33:15Z Simon Clark, director of the smokers' group Forest, said he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the vote and accused the government of being "spineless". Car smoking ban 'due before 2015' 2014-02-11T09:55:02Z I do think our political system is basically evil versus spineless now. “Red meat to the Tea Party”: How factory farm handouts beat food stamps 2014-02-04T13:30:00Z Labour disagreed, and said the "weak and spineless" government was giving the energy companies what they want while consumers "foot the bill". VIDEO: House of Commons 2013-10-31T12:35:02Z As long as he can portray them as spineless, he gets to stand tall. How Ted Cruz Wins by Losing on Obamacare 2013-09-24T22:05:24Z “Yes, you can laugh about them being spineless and brainless with no visible means of support, but you’ve got to admit, these multimillennial survivors are doing something right,” Gershwin writes. The sting of jellyfish; kitty cams reveal the secret lives of our pets 2013-07-01T20:30:20Z “It makes the ICC look spineless and toothless.” Libya's Disaster of Justice Reveals a Country in Chaos 2013-06-29T02:05:23Z We can certainly point fingers at two presidents, a spineless and dysfunctional legislature, and a secretive national-security apparatus free from any significant oversight. Obama’s “Dirty Wars” — and a soiled presidency 2013-06-09T20:00:00Z Holder modeled backbone for spineless Democrats the day he told Rep. How Eric Holder holds on 2013-05-27T17:30:00Z After the second the Sun described "a spineless, gutless bunch of no-hopers masquerading as an England cricket team" who were "a humiliating disgrace to the game". 20 great Ashes moments No6: Shane Warne hat-trick at the MCG, 1994 2013-05-16T09:51:20Z Some party members and cadres are 'calcium-deficient' ideologically and 'spineless' in spirit. China media: Philippines row 2013-05-15T06:21:32Z What is his reputation: Is he lauded as a trusted counselor or derided as a spineless sycophant? Think You Believe in Your Company? Here's the Real Test 2013-03-25T12:40:52Z Labour should have resisted the temptation to call the London cabinet spineless and indecisive, since the Blair/Brown regime didn't resolve this one either. Taxing alcohol: easy answers are in shorter supply than cheap booze 2013-03-13T13:10:53Z No matter: Like the winter blues, Lindsay Lohan, the New York Jets, insider trading, $300 sneakers, spineless politicians and other scourges, business slang is still with us—and putting up a helluva fight. Business Jargon Bracketology: Which Annoying Corporate Buzzword, Clich� Or Euphemism Will Win Forbes' NCAA-Style Tourney? Vote Now! 2013-02-05T14:25:42Z This story forms the spineless spine of a larger argument about how online dating is changing the world, by which we mean yuppie romance. The Atlantic takes on the Atlantic’s take on online dating 2013-01-03T23:19:00Z At the F.T.C., people close to the agency said, commissioners grew irked that they were being portrayed as spineless. F.T.C. Pushes Antitrust Inquiry Against Google Into January 2012-12-20T02:56:29Z With England accelerating into the lead by the close, Cook and Prior made batting look so comfortable that it served to highlight the spineless nature of their first-innings capitulation for 191. Cook and Prior give England hope 2012-11-18T11:21:22Z Anyway, being a spineless moderate doesn't win you the election? The 20 biggest sore losers of election night 2012-11-07T03:52:00Z So I've revised several states and put them in Romney's column - either a rational response to the first debate fallout, or spineless following of the national polls. Predict the president 2012-10-02T15:39:51Z The deuterostomes include vertebrates such as humans and a few spineless animal lineages. 'Penis Worm' Shakes Evolutionary Tree 2012-10-28T20:15:56.937Z What a pathetic, spineless, unnecessary creation of a word! The Fiver 2012-10-08T15:42:50Z The "spineless" for failing to axe the Chancellor George Osborne. Papers pick over new-look cabinet 2012-09-05T04:42:12Z "This is particularly concerning as we are dependent on these spineless creatures for our very survival," he said. 'Spineless' animals under threat 2012-08-31T07:35:52Z This is pretty spineless, sheep-like thinking, but it's also perfectly normal. The art of getting what you want 2012-06-13T08:31:29Z It was, as Drew Sharp writes in The Detroit Free Press, another spineless moment for the N.H.L. Leading Off: The N.H.L. Playoffs Go Long - Leading Off 2012-04-13T14:22:31Z This decision seems so indefensible and incomprehensible that it smacks of a spineless NHL from a generation ago. One playoff game, and NHL loses all credibility 2012-04-12T17:41:00Z “People are just being politically unbelievably spineless,” Ms. LeFavour said in an interview. Idaho Senator to Push Gay Rights Bill From Outside 2012-03-03T01:08:49Z If the half of what they say of him is true, he is a spineless degenerate and hardly worth saving. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z But the truly mystical must be a protest alike against a narrow juiceless intellectualism, against a narrow moralistic rigorism, and against a blind and spineless sentimentalism. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z A spineless jellyfish must give place to it. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z He accused Caldwell of misconduct on a local talk show, called him “spineless” and revealed the identity of a confidential informant to the show’s viewers. Ga. high court ousts pot-smoking county magistrate who berated boss in bizarre televised rant 2011-09-06T17:24:15Z Why had he been fool enough to think he could swear a lot of spineless jelly fish to secrecy? Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Equally, not only are the studios whose slack she's taking up in the midst of a particularly spineless phase – even in more adventurous times, their production by committee is the very deadest of hands. Megan Ellison: the billionaire heiress out to save the movies 2011-07-08T15:54:31Z As in America, the U.K.'s opposition party is too spineless and terrified of ancient memories of the '70s to put forth any opposing narrative. UK receives giant Reagan statue to commemorate destructive austerity measures 2011-07-05T14:01:00Z As in America, the UK's opposition party is to spineless and terrified of ancient memories of the '70s to actually put forth any actual opposing narrative. UK receives giant Reagan statue to commemorate destructive austerity measures 2011-07-05T14:01:00Z I mean, traditionally, most modern readers see it as kind of an old-fashioned and sentimental book, and we think of the Uncle Tom character as being sort of a sellout and a weak, spineless creature. The woman who started the Civil War 2011-06-14T00:01:00Z Former Conservative Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell thinks it's easy for people to portray politicians as "spineless" but that's not really the point. Health warning 2011-06-02T16:15:09Z Then holding the flask between him and the light, he muttered, "Oh, you yellow demon of hell, see what you have done for one spineless creature!" The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The bloated face of Louis XVI, imprinted with the spineless inertia of his character, expressed neither fear, nor anger, nor surprise. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z And, before anyone does so, what an absurd, spineless suggestion for science to refrain from engaging in any intellectual inquiry, from exploring theoretical possibilities, because we fear what we may learn about ourselves. Natural homophobes? Evolutionary psychology and antigay attitudes 2011-03-09T20:45:09.290Z I gave him a cup of tea, and because I'm a spineless coward I said it all looked brilliant. On the road: Citro?n C4 1.6 e-Hdi 2011-03-05T00:04:24Z When the law firm that conducted one investigation concluded it had been misled and resigned, the directors “merely echoed Brooks’s sentiment” that the lawyer was spineless and disloyal, the S.E.C. stated. High & Low Finance: For Corporate Directors, S.E.C. Keeps the Bar Low 2011-03-03T21:03:48Z The jettisoning of the most universalizing aspect of the healthcare bill -- the public option -- earned Obama and the Democrats the accolades of "weak" and "spineless." Maybe it's a relic, but the union model is essential 2011-02-25T13:01:00Z I have no patience with such a spineless creature! Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z In a telling example from 2009, she contrasts the decisive Chinese response to an outbreak of pneumonic plague with the spineless British response to swine flu. How the West Was Lost by Dambisa Moyo ? review 2011-01-16T00:04:01Z This whole saga is sickening – spineless politicians, so forthright in their promises to curb bonuses before the election, so timid as they roll over for their banker friends after. Letters: Bankers offer an added bonus 2011-01-14T00:04:02Z Jon, London The government is being spineless in allowing the banks to allocate billions of pounds to bonuses. Banks to pay billions in bonuses 2011-01-07T15:18:39Z The manager himself was one of those round, flabby men, suggestive of a fat, spineless worm. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z It has no connection to on-the-ground reality, and if administration officials think it is one of Obama's problems then they are the worst kind of spineless idiots. The awesome stupidity of replacing Larry Summers with a CEO 2010-09-22T15:56:00Z Long derided as slippery and spineless, Clinton portrayed his veto as an act of principle and responsible leadership, while the Republicans were made to look like immature ideological zealots. The GOP flunks government shutdown history 2010-09-08T11:01:00Z Speaking at a public debate on Google and privacy, the Privacy International director, Simon Davies, accused the office of being "both spineless and gutless" in its approach to the issue. Google Wi-Fi data capture cleared by watchdog 2010-07-29T09:44:00Z Another disjointed and spineless performance is a fitting epitaph to a desperately bizarre period for Les Bleus. Amy Lawrence: France exit betraying their heritage 2010-06-22T16:36:00Z “Hopeless, clueless, spineless,” The Telegraph’s back page said. English Soccer Team Plunges Fans Into Despair 2010-06-19T16:31:00Z Are the impediments to governance so great—obstructionist Republicans, spineless Democrats, and an increasingly incoherent electorate—that no one can run the country effectively? 2010-01-25T23:33:00Z It was a clash worthy of Avatar, and a reminder of how far a little backbone can go, with voters raging at spineless bureaucrats and elected officials. 2010-01-22T20:35:00Z By this no one should infer that they are weak or spineless. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists But of course, since I am as spineless as a mollusk, I sought to accept this heaven-sent visitation with due resignation. A Top-Floor Idyl Eventually I learned to despise the spineless little immigrants from Sirius, but the first time I met one he made me feel foolishly important. Backlash Meanwhile the almost unprincipled vacillation of M. Rouvier and his spineless policy caused increased dissatisfaction to the Chamber. A History of the Third French Republic There was also a traitor, one of those fluctuating spineless things, loose on the planet—a clever man who couldn't be trusted by anyone. For Every Man A Reason It was a long time before the restless Caribbean had reduced him to pulp, a spineless, boneless thing of putty which danced to the spring of the resilient spruce. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Now, while I have seen many builders with tools who were dubbed "spineless," "poor fish," etc., it was not because they remotely resembled the piscatorial or Crustacea families. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 If any of the jury dissented from its false statement they were too spineless to express their opinion. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry On each upper corner, there is, as usual, a small rounded prominence, close to which there is a second slight, rounded, spineless swelling; these latter represent the quite rudimentary Palpi. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. George Deaves would not positively consent, but he was so spineless that Evan was able to rush him along the path that he wished him to follow. The Deaves Affair Then the remnants of his strength escaped, leaving him a spineless heap in the great leather chair. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The leaf of baring is 72 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide, apparently spineless, smooth and fine in texture. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 The called it individualism, but Nelson called it spineless. The Happy Man Let the Express go down, carrying you and your spineless associates with it! Carmen Ariza Spiritless and spineless I bore all things, believed all things––but hoped for nothing. Our Next-Door Neighbors The only time I ever knew them to be flabby and spineless was when the Boer War was on ... an' they'd scream in your face if you didn't say they were actin' like angels. Changing Winds A Novel His bodily arrangement was pitifully gawky; he neither sat erect nor lounged—he slumped spineless. In a Little Town She is a spineless sort of creature, you know, without much self-assurance, or initiative, and I believe she had quite a scene with Mr. Carlis before she left. The Crevice Blindly he swung, clubbing the pistol and beating in the ghastly face that wobbled there upon the spineless, superstition-bound body. The Copper-Clad World The peace Democrats denounced him as a military dictator; to the radical Republicans he was spineless and irresolute. The New Nation Hence it was a cause for much rejoicing to his mind to reflect that one male Howe at least survived to bolster up a spineless, spiritless, and decadent generation. The Wall Between The appeal flattered and touched Coursay, who had never expected that he, a weak and spineless back-slider, could possibly be of aid or comfort to his self-sufficient and celebrated cousin, Dr. Lansing. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories You would know it for a nose, certainly, but its ample and aristocratic proportions are wanting; it lacks a bridge, is spineless, immature, unfinished. Ringfield A Novel He was not persistent enough, maybe a bit spineless. The Place of Honeymoons But this time he looked so tired and drawn and spineless that a fish-hook of sudden pity tugged at my throat. The Prairie Mother You are a cruel, and a spineless creature. Valley of the Croen You're not only a fool," he shouted, "but a spineless one, as well. Millennium Anyhow that's what I always do, meanwhile raging inwardly and cursing myself for a weak and spineless creature, who doesn't know when he's well off. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Beside one of them a tall young man was sunk spinelessly in a chair, relaxed to the still warmth of the day. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories There was something so utterly ridiculous in that briny circle, soon augmented and completed by the addition of Dinkie, who apparently felt as lonely and overlooked as did his spineless and sniffling mother. The Prairie Mother Luther produces spineless cacti, while Mark gives spineless men a vertebra. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen She had become a self-acknowledged toady, a spineless sycophant, and for what? The Fighting Shepherdess Your farm will be a splendid place when we've got rid of all these and replaced them with the spineless plant. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa These people were utterly peaceful—in fact, spineless. The Worshippers Spines are the proved asylum of the spineless. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character I lacked that self-confidence that readily finds employment, and again I found myself mixing with the spineless residuum of the employment bureau. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The "Backbone of His Country" set out to prove that he was not spineless, merely disjointed. Deep Furrows Their resolutions are spineless; there is no backbone in their endeavor—no grit in their ambition. Pushing to the Front Know now, spineless weakling, that the time is ripe, and that the Fenachrone in their might are about to strike. Skylark Three "Idealistic, in a way, but spineless and corrupt," Garlock announced to all. The Galaxy Primes He was one of the kind that you naturally would, being sort of meek and spineless. Torchy and Vee For faith is not a tame and spineless thing that dares nothing. Sermons on Biblical Characters He leaned back on the couch, spineless with nervous exhaustion, and Jane felt a sick distaste and horror enveloping her. Jane Journeys On The strange mahout looked drunken and spineless for a second; then there was a red gush under his white cloth as he pitched into the stream. Son of Power But his last works are not only spotty, but completely spineless as well, invertebrate masses upon which a few jewels, a few fine patches, gleam dully. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers But it is spoiled and made a mock of by a donkeyish solemnity of attack which leaves it, on the one hand, diffuse, spineless and shapeless, and on the other hand, a compendium of platitudes. A Book of Prefaces "They're a lot of spineless jellyfish in this town," he drawled. The Substitute Prisoner Any woman, he muttered to himself, was better off without such a feeble-willed, spineless husband! Flood Tide Willed attention, rather than spineless feeling distractibility, might have saved him. Applied Psychology for Nurses The lower classes will always produce enough spineless beings to wear aprons and carry trays. On With Torchy He was no longer the spineless, whining hobo; he was a man, alert, critical, sure of himself and his ability to handle the job before him. Skyrider It ripped free and, rolling and twisting in spineless abandon, bore down upon the lifeboat with crushing momentum. Dan Merrithew Purpose is the backbone of force; without it speech is flabby—it may glitter, but it is the iridescence of the spineless jellyfish. The Art of Public Speaking One was of dreadful solitude, a fear of loneliness, spineless and enervating; another of defiance; another of excitement; another of bravado; another almost of shame. Married Life The True Romance He cursed himself for a spineless ineffectual—messing about with nerves when he had been lucky enough to come through four years of war with his full complement of limbs and faculties unimpaired. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India With a really desperate effort he struggled almost to his feet, tottered for an instant, and then came sagging down to the soft earth again—a great, sprawling, spineless heap, at little Eve Edgarton's feet. Little Eve Edgarton You scrape even a spineless mollusc too long with a pin, and the irritation produces a defensive crust. The Firing Line Truedale came to the conclusion that fatalism was no weak and spineless philosophy, but one for the making of strong souls. The Man Thou Gavest The result will be that with the expenditure of a few minutes at intervals in rapid review, history will cease to be a spineless narrative and become for the student an orderly procession of events. The Teaching of History One floats and wavers like a spineless ribbon of seaweed in the water; another burns with a steady radiance; a third blares from its fissure like a flame driven by the blowpipe. At a Winter's Fire So for a while we sat on the terrace, and a kind of scentless, spineless whitethorn wept sprays of flowers upon us. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Since the Civil War we have grown rich and fat, flaccid and spineless. Keeping Fit All the Way The flower-tube is 2 in. long, thick, spineless, scaly, the scales becoming large near the top of the flower, where they form a cup-like whorl, enclosing the small rose-coloured petals, the stamens being white. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation Assonance, later rhyme, could not but prove a welcome, an all but necessary, means of articulating or sectioning the somewhat spineless flow of sonorous syllables. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Vic launched himself in among them and slid spinelessly into his chair as only a lanky boy can slide. Starr, of the Desert A constant attempt, in accordance with the policy of most German newspapers, I may add, is made to depict us as a spineless jelly-fish nation. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War I'm a spineless jellyfish, a weathercock that whirls to every emotional breeze. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest That is a spineless jellyfish point of view, Ted. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth The spineless United States would never have the strength nor will to wage war against a United Arab State. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel Of what avail, to sink spineless to the floor? Thuvia, Maid of Mars From sheer habit she dismounted, picked up the spineless thing of stakes and barbed wire, dragged it into place across the trail, and fastened it securely to the post. Jean of the Lazy A Good Heavens, do you think I'm that spineless sort of creature? Big Timber A Story of the Northwest He called me a rich man's son—an idle, easy-going spineless swell. Desert Gold There is this to be said for him: that alone among the spineless crowd of royalists feebly waiting for the miracle which would restore their privilege he attempted a blow for the lost cause. She Stands Accused With their passing passed the martial spirit of the Lotharians, leaving, as the ages rolled by, a race of spineless cowards. Thuvia, Maid of Mars Bring that skinny, spineless knight to me, and you'll see what I say to him! The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc But somehow I have bucked you up a bit; And, as you turn around and face the wall, You don't feel quite so spineless and unfit— You're not so bad a fellow after all. Ballads of a Cheechako His day, usually a jelly-like creature, a shapeless, spineless thing, had attained Mesozoic structure. The Beautiful and Damned Merely a hanger-on of De Morbihan's," he told her lightly; "a spineless animal—no trouble about scaring him off…. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Behind the Three, all tied up with deference and inferiority, mild and spineless, Apollyon. The Enormous Room If you fail, I shall know that your Aunt Agatha was right when she called you a spineless invertebrate and advised me strongly not to marry you. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories The slight action of the story revolves about two unlovely heroines, the unprincipled Becky Sharp and the spineless Amelia. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Perhaps among all his productions the greatest good to the world will arise from the spineless cactus. History of California A few industrials began to rocket, nobody knew why; but the market's first tremor left it baggy and spineless, and the reaction, already overdue, became a sodden and soggy slump. The Fighting Chance In affairs of love the strongest men generally behave with the most spineless lack of resolution. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories Be frank, please; have you not been fighting only spineless, opium-fed animals?' Autobiography of a Yogi Beautiful and distinct is I. Aquifolium Lawsoniana, with ovate, flat, almost spineless leaves, heavily and irregularly blotched with yellow in the centre. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Somehow I never could get up much sympathy for her; she seemed such a spineless sort of creature. The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down I remember them words particular clear, because I didn't see how even a spineless gent like Jig could stand for such a pile of insult. The Rangeland Avenger Consider you treacherous worm and contemptible, spineless cowardly custard, but have booked Spink-Bottle. Right Ho, Jeeves While I was conducting experiments to make 'spineless' cacti," he continued, "I often talked to the plants to create a vibration of love. Autobiography of a Yogi This is a spineless species, and bears a profusion of yellow flowers from July onwards. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Seize those spineless fools who let the murder happen. Caesar Dies It took them actual minutes to realize that Pearl, the spineless clinging doll-faced girl they had befriended, had sold them out. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way It at once cut through his predisposition toward women as weak and spineless manipulators, and gave her a separate identity. Highland Ballad He was loose and spineless, his movements tempered with the slothfulness of the far Southwest. Going Some Laugh at your fool!—the helpless, spineless, soulless fool who does your bidding even to the depths of hell! A Fool There Was The helots of the land Are cowed beneath thy iron fist; They are too dumb to understand— Too tame and spineless to resist. Bars and Shadows We could not go on with sentimental novels and spineless lyrics forever. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Rammed the hat on the head of the spineless man. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein Of a sudden the gangling, spineless foreman had grown taut and forceful, his long face was hard. Going Some The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and with no understanding. Metamorphosis Instead of finding themselves faced by spineless nincompoops, the rebels reeled before the sudden, well-timed tactics of real officers with eyes and ears and brains. Rung Ho! Try spineless cactus, the fruits of which are delicious. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Cossacks could not mistreat a prisoner more brutally than these policemen mistreated poor, cringing, spineless Jimmy Knight. The Auction Block He was as spineless as a wet sack. The Winds of Chance You've got to keep in mind that this man was weak, one of those spineless fellows that stronger folks lead around by the nose. A Texas Ranger The habitant of the old regime in Canada was neither a slave nor a serf; neither down-trodden nor maltreated; neither was he docile and spineless when his own rights were at issue. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism It is claimed by some people that the spineless cactus is more valuable as a forage plant than alfalfa. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered "Then I'm so low, so worthless, so spineless that I can't even be bad?" The Border Legion These are the spineless, the unsure, the cowards, who are afraid to try anything for fear it will not be successful. Stammering, Its Cause and Cure He had followed all the moves that had forced the war upon the nations whose spineless and inefficient governments had so long been playing the policy of the ostrich. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The lady seemed fragile, colorless, spineless—without life. The Titan Our policy of spineless supineness is now reaping its inevitable reward. My Discovery of England When I plan a battle," said he to Roederer, "no man is more spineless than I am. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 You also showed me that you weren't a spineless 'yes man.' The Lani People Well, I can say only this: If nothing else could have prevented the funk hinted at by Margaret, the sorry spectacle of these ironless, spineless creatures was sufficient safeguard. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Thanks to their energetic, aggressive methods, they have proved an inspiration to some of our own lifeless and spineless ladies. Anarchism and Other Essays Not having shown that consideration for anybody, they might at least have been less spinelessly indulgent of her. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William The Bible will never gain its place and retain its authority while those who believe in it are spineless and topple over at the first touch of some one's objection. Study of the King James Bible It was plain to me that the pair of them, spineless and spunkless, were afraid of the men they were supposed to boss. The Mutiny of the Elsinore |
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