Sentence example with the word 'cower'

cower

apple-polish, bootlick, creep, fawn, grovel, kneel, limp, scrouch down, slink, teeter, tremble, wince

Last update: September 17, 2015


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The child cowered away as she raised her hand.   [verb]

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It has become a reason to cower in terror of what may happen.   [verb]

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The detail is stupendous, even when you cower behind a wall and spend a bit of time looking around.   [verb]

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Looking cautiously round, to ascertain that they were not overheard, the two hags cowered nearer to the fire, and chuckled heartily.   [verb]

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He cowered down upon his stone bed, and thought of the past.   [verb]

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It would make the blood-stained despot cower upon his throne of murder, and teach him the madness of invading any land so fortified.   [verb]

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No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed.   [verb]

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They cowered under their reef of counter, waiting on footstools, crates upturned, waiting for their teas to draw.   [verb]

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The derivation of the word has been obscured by a connexion in sense with the verb "cow," to instil fear into, which is derived from old Norse kuga, a word of similar meaning, and with the verb "cower," to crouch, which is also Scandinavian in origin.'   [Please select]

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She cowered back against the dalal as if for protection.   [Please select]

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Without heeding Rosamund he looked down upon Lionel, who cowered shuddering at his feet.   [Please select]

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