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  • noun Plural form of craven.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of craven.

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Examples

  • Worried, because this usually means it will be an incoherent pile-o-dung. zoey sounds just like scary movie # wutever. pjthabear no concrete direction? have you seen the past screams? they are essentially wes cravens way of pointing out cheesy cliches in horror movies.

    Wes Craven to Direct Scream 4, Release Date Announced | /Film 2010

  • Ive always had a slight fear of the dark, so when i was in my teens, i loved movies like darkness falls and wes cravens they.

    What's Wrong With Horror? Please Scare Me Hollywood! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • There are many actors who won't play weak -- they will play a scene-chewing villain, but they won't play a wimp, on the notion that even if their audience sees them as bad guys and loves to hate them, that's better than being despised because they are cravens.

    Writer's Risk Steve Perry 2010

  • For God's sake, do some justice to these English, they're neither fools nor cravens, they'll hold their city and their ground, and they'll take care of their women, without having to call on you or me.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • There are many actors who won't play weak -- they will play a scene-chewing villain, but they won't play a wimp, on the notion that even if their audience sees them as bad guys and loves to hate them, that's better than being despised because they are cravens.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • And as for the stately-look and bold bearing which distinguish yonder fellow in the eyes of cravens like thee, it belongs to his country, not his rank.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Every time the cravens impersonating lawmakers get a chance to stand down those who wish to seize power from the people, and put it into the hands of an imperial presidency, they waffle and cave in to the fear that they will be perceived weak on National Security and not be invited back for another ride on the tax payers dollar.

    American democracy is in terrible trouble 2007

  • These cravens, who received hundreds of thousands of letters, phone calls and e-mails entreating them to represent the people and not destroy both the spirit and letter of our Constitution were told by the Bush regime that, if they upheld the Law, the Constitution, and the international conventions against torture and ill treatment of prisoners, they were promoting terrorism, so instead they voted for state terrorism.

    From the Slippery Slope into the Abyss 2006

  • With the exception of a handful of courageous legislators, its demise was overseen by the wealthy, greedy cravens who have replaced the once courageous American statesmen who would stand up to tyranny and oppression.

    From the Slippery Slope into the Abyss 2006

  • These indoor insolents, who, turning themselves into bugbears, frighten women, children, and servants, are generally cravens among men.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

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