What's the difference between spineless and stalwart?

Spineless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no spine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nobody is sure what dangerous chemical imbalance this would create but the Fiver is convinced we'd all be dust come October or November, the earth scorched, with only three survivors roaming o'er the barren landscape: Govan's answer to King Lear, ranting into a hole in the ground; a mute, wild-eyed pundit, staring without blinking into a hole in the ground; and a tall, irritable figure standing in front of the pair of them, screaming in the style popularised by Klaus Kinski, demanding they take a look at his goddamn trouser arrangement, which he has balanced here on the platform of his hand for easy perusal, or to hell with them, for they are no better than pigs, worthless, spineless pigs.
  • (2) It makes the ICC look spineless and toothless.” Ultimately, Libya’s state today is about more than one man, and many feel that the western governments who were eager to get Gaddafi out failed to help Libya stabilise after his death.
  • (3) The TSP for ssa-40a overlapped the TSP for homoeotic transformation of aristae into tarsi but did not overlap the TSP for spineless effects.
  • (4) What's certain, though, is that nothing could have been worse than keeping the spineless Ayrault at his side after last weekend's drubbing at the local elections and the loss of 175 municipalities.
  • (5) But a blend of opportunism on the right that flagrantly mischaracterises the issue, and spinelessness on the left that refuses to address it.
  • (6) I want to tell them how spineless they have been,” said junior doctor Mukhtar Ahmed.
  • (7) We find the government response to this issue is weak, lazy and bordering on spineless.
  • (8) They don't have the strength of character … Instead they show submissiveness, spinelessness, lack of punctuality, and many other factors which prevent them from becoming political activists."
  • (9) The second is the spineless hypocrisy of western governments, not least our own, who take their oil, and hope for their money.
  • (10) The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, said that the majority leader, Mitch McConnell, who stopped short of branding Trump’s remarks as racist, was “the poster boy for Republicans’ spinelessness to allow Donald Trump to be the nominee”.
  • (11) The tail is spineless and provided with dorsolateral folds.
  • (12) Speaking at the University College London occupation this morning, Porter said: " For too long the NUS has perhaps been too cautious and too spineless about being committed to supporting student activism.
  • (13) Threatened with a no-confidence vote, the NUS president, Aaron Porter, recently apologised for the union's "spineless" caution toward student activism and promised more support.
  • (14) This is well behind the old rates, but steep enough to send the more spineless Tories running for the hills.
  • (15) NUS president Aaron Porter apologised today for his "spineless" lack of public support for university occupations around the country.
  • (16) He was also scathing about the United Russia party – from which he resigned in disgust last week – calling it a spineless servant of the Kremlin run by feeble idiots.
  • (17) Fitnesses were obtained for the male segregants of the two "complex loci," spineless-spineless aristapedia and radius incompletus-inturned.
  • (18) S. bovis was previously described as possessing spineless tubercles.
  • (19) He condemned Bellfield, who refused to give evidence or appear in the dock for sentence, as "spineless and gutless" for hiding behind his defence QC and challenging the testimony of every witness.
  • (20) The original scant covering of spineless, truncated microtriches was supplemented by a population of microvilli covering the entire surface of protoscoleces in the early stages of formation.

Stalwart


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Stalworth

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The expansion comes hot on the heels of another year of stellar growth in which Primark edged closer to overtaking high street stalwart M&S in sales and profits.
  • (2) Tim Hudson, a rotation stalwart for years, is now in San Francisco.
  • (3) The revelations haven shaken one of the stalwarts of Japanese industry.
  • (4) It is a classic, thoroughly researched South Bank Show, made by one of the series' stalwarts, Gillian Greenwood.
  • (5) I know several stalwarts but they are few and far between.
  • (6) Tselane Tambo, daughter of the late ANC stalwart Oliver Tambo, reportedly posted on a social networking site: "So the Pres JZ has had his portrait painted and he doesn't like it.
  • (7) But she saved a special salvo for Walker for failing to support student loan refinancing options – just as the rightwing stalwart showed signs of weakness in the first formal polls since the first Republican debate last week.
  • (8) I am a stalwart supporter of the British judiciary who are the best in the world.
  • (9) There is one very obvious potential role model, and it is emphatically not that of her histrionic late mother-in-law – rather the Windsors' stalwart, long-serving and self-effacing patriarch.
  • (10) It makes sense, with the Juve stalwarts Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli and Leonardo Bonucci protecting 154-cap Gianluigi Buffon.
  • (11) Although magnesium and hydralazine remain the stalwarts of therapy, a number of other drugs have potential that may be realized in the future.
  • (12) The Democratic Alliance (DA) accused anti-apartheid stalwart Mamphela Ramphele of reneging on a deal to join the party before this year's elections and said "she cannot be trusted".
  • (13) Spencer Ackerman: ‘Eating with animal friends is heavenly’ Spencer Ackerman After 12 years of stalwart companionship, my dog Kingsley died on 21 March.
  • (14) High street stalwarts Next and Marks & Spencer have both shed 3.5%.
  • (15) Penny Mordaunt – defence secretary Mordaunt has been a stalwart on the airwaves for the leave campaign, is currently a defence minister and has been in the naval reserves.
  • (16) Ed has been a stalwart of popular music broadcasting for many years and over the past few Christmases, he brought back Junior Choice to the delight of millions of loyal listeners.
  • (17) But with the UK economy now growing again and the eurozone finally out of recession, investors are starting to look beyond stalwart stocks for slightly better, if riskier, prospects – hence the interest in Foxtons, Crest Nicholson and Zoopla, all linked to the housing market.
  • (18) So, Ukip is a party unable to agree on policy, split on ideological grounds, but also divided generationally, with the old stalwarts rejecting the tools of modern politics.
  • (19) "He's a good orator all right," said Des Pokrzywnicki, a Warburtons stalwart of 11 years.
  • (20) The debut of former English Premier League stalwart William Gallas for Perth Glory in Western Australia’s searing afternoon heat on Saturday marked the first time a Frenchman has taken the field in the A-League.

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