In abject fear he took to his heels as though Leo's ghost was on his track.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Is it not possible, Captain Martin, that patience may be pushed a little beyond a virtue, and become something very like cowardice,-abject cowardice?
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
There was a tone almost of abject anxiety in Judge Barton's voice.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee