cowed
Example Sentences
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But he insisted that he would not be cowed by antisemitism.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Of course some of us wept and raged when he once again had to flee some bigger monkey that he had clearly annoyed, but while Punch was certainly cowed, he was never broken.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Progress, as he understood it, meant refusing to be cowed by fear—a resolve he said he first witnessed among Jamaican anticolonial activists, and later on the front lines of the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Meanwhile, Australia fly-half Faitala Moleka found turf between the hosts' back three with clever kicks and her forwards cantered into contact, refusing to be cowed by the Red Roses' record or reputation.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
How he hadn’t been the least bit cowed by the rude remarks or digs of the night.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
