cower

Example Sentences

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“This is a story of happiness,” Gibson insists at one point, refusing to cower to cancer.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

I would cower in my room or the hallway, shoveling Froot Loops into my mouth until the apartment was no longer an office but our home again.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Because the court did not cower in the face of this resistance, our country continued forward on the path toward a more just and democratic society.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2024

Ten 6-week-old piglets cower together in the corner of a gated pen spread with straw.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

The rest of my team did their best to cower in fear and not look like targets.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan