What's the difference between daredevil and timorous?

Daredevil


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can pick up your Daredevil comic at Secret Headquarters ( thesecretheadquarters.com ), romance a date at Cafe Stella (3932 Sunset Boulevard; 001 323 666 0265), and grab some Humboldt Fog at Cheese Store of Silver Lake ( cheesestoresl.com ).
  • (2) In place of the elephants, the company said it will feature more things like daredevil acts and motor sports.
  • (3) The winner of a daredevil race chasing 8lbs of double Gloucester down a Gloucestershire hill at high speed has said he does not like cheese.
  • (4) Karen once looked out of the window and saw him in the street, tied to a skateboard attached to his sister's bike, ready for some daredevil trick.
  • (5) It was daredevil, inventive, funny and self-mocking.
  • (6) Daredevil fighters like Belmonte helped fuel popular enthusiasm for the fight and fascinated foreigners, with writer Ernest Hemingway displaying his obsession in Death in the Afternoon, The Sun Also Rises and The Dangerous Summer.
  • (7) "I grew up around my cousin who had plenty fucking comic books… Thor, Nova, Daredevil – shit like that."
  • (8) I protest that it's a daredevil performance, ricocheting between comedy and devastating despair.
  • (9) They will be greeted by boarded up shops and energetic protests – police in Pittsburgh have already arrested 14 Greenpeace demonstrators for a daredevil attempt to hang a banner from a steel arch bridge over the city's Ohio river.
  • (10) In an attempt to forestall claims of desertion, they involved Prime Minister Winston Churchill and, when they ultimately faced a court martial, were lauded in the press for their daredevil exploits.
  • (11) To put things in perspective, famously appalling superhero efforts Daredevil (2003) and Catwoman (2004) both got a “B”, while 1997’s Batman and Robin, featuring George Clooney’s oft-derided batnippled take on the caped crusader, received a “C+”.
  • (12) I’m excited by going 85mph, head-first, down an ice track,” says Rutherford, who, as it turns out, is also a daredevil skier and cliff-diver.
  • (13) I have taken daredevil opportunities when they presented themselves.
  • (14) In the latest act of solidarity with Ukraine in Russia , daredevils apparently defied both the authorities and any fear of falling 176 metres from the 32-floor structure and made it to the top of the tower overnight, painting the Soviet star at the top of the building (and hammer and sickle in the centre) in the Ukrainian blue and yellow colours, and attaching a Ukrainian flag.
  • (15) Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men … the odd spot of Catwoman or Daredevil if one were really unlucky.
  • (16) Channel 4 documentary Daredevils had 1.2 million viewers, 5% of the audience, ahead of the 1 million who watched BBC2's Design for Life.
  • (17) Before 2010 it had mostly engaged in low-key terrorism – daredevil raids on police stations to steal weapons, on banks to steal money and on prisons to free jailed terror suspects – confined to the north-easternmost part of the country.
  • (18) To write him off because he was the lead in a not brilliant Daredevil movie is, we'd argue, just a little disingenuous, and overlooks some of his more recent work.
  • (19) Marvel and DC announce new wave of female-led titles Read more Ice Age: Continental Drift’s Jason Fuchs remains on board to write the screenplay for Wonder Woman, which is due to be the first major female-fronted superhero movie in cinemas since Warner Bros’ ill-fated Halle Berry vehicle Catwoman in 2004 and Twentieth Century Fox’s poorly received Daredevil spin-off Elektra the year after.
  • (20) One day, there may even be a Daredevil reboot, though hopefully not soon.

Timorous


Definition:

  • (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
  • (a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Disguised as "trainers", these lethal aircraft were used against the villages of East Timor.
  • (2) The epidemiology of Timor filariasis was observed during a clinical and parasitologic survey of persons living in a remote village on the island of Flores, Southeast Indonesia.
  • (3) Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia’s national security – including those involved in allegations that Timor-Leste’s cabinet room was bugged – could face having their citizenship revoked under proposed laws.
  • (4) A spokeswoman for the AFP did not confirm the particular section of the referral, but said in a statement: “On 13 December 2013, the Australian federal police received a referral from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation relating to an allegation a former Australian intelligence officer disclosed information relating to operational activity in Timor-Leste.
  • (5) In 50 per cent the gynaecologist was to timorous because of a length of more than 7 cm.
  • (6) Australia has made fresh promises limiting how it might use documents at the heart of a dispute with Timor-Leste , attempting to weaken the case for the international court of justice to order the sensitive material be surrendered.
  • (7) We must not allow ideological opposition to dams to hold back development.” Money will also be pumped into trade and tourism, as a way of attracting investment in the region, including $2.5m for fostering business links with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste.
  • (8) Daw Suu Kyi is the leader and is the one with the primary responsibility to lead, and lead with courage, humanity and compassion.” ‘It will blow up’: fears Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Muslims will spiral out of control Read more Nobel peace laureates who signed the letter include Jose Ramos-Horta , former president of East Timor, and Yemeni opposition activist Tawakul Karman .
  • (9) Impressed, one forgets that Australia has sustained continual military action since 1999, from East Timor to Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • (10) Voluntas vincendi maior timore perdendi” – “The will to win is greater than the fear of losing.” Anderlecht’s Steven Defour sees red over Standard Liège fans’ banner Read more This self-determination has proved vital.
  • (11) Collaery told the ABC he believed the key witness had been arrested in Canberra – the former intelligence official who had come forward as a whistleblower in the Timor case.
  • (12) We collect intelligence to save Australian lives, to save the lives of Australian people, to promote Australian values, to promote the universal decencies of humanity and to help our friends and neighbours, including Indonesia, and as I said our intelligence has been instrumental in defending many terrorist attacks in Indonesia and elsewhere.” Abbott’s comments come as a court case continues in the international court of justice in which East Timor has accused Australia of “unprecedented, improper and inexplicable” conduct after it raided the offices of a lawyer representing the country in a dispute over an oil and gas treaty.
  • (13) Timor-Leste has now initiated arbitration under article 23 of the Timor Sea treaty.
  • (14) Suharto gained his biggest reward for destroying the Indonesian left when he invaded East Timor in December 1975, only a day after the US president, Gerald Ford, and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had dined with him.
  • (15) Timor-Leste is reluctant to pursue the Indonesian military for its crimes, provable in part due to Australian eavesdropping, in the name of enhanced relations with its all-powerful neighbour in Jakarta.
  • (16) It does not amount to a waiver of the rights which Timor-Leste has under international law in respect to its property,” he said.
  • (17) The pair reached an agreement that should have brought unity to East Timor, which has suffered awful violence since Indonesia invaded in 1975.
  • (18) The veracity of the allegations, which relate to negotiations in the Timor-Leste capital Dili in 2004 and Canberra in 2005, is yet to be publicly proven.
  • (19) Timor-Leste says Australia has failed to provide an explanation for the allegations.
  • (20) In 1999 one of those involved in Australia’s Timor-Leste intelligence operations told me: “When they say it, we hear it.” And that included the militias’ plans to raze the province after the autonomy ballot.

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