cower

Example Sentences

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It could cower any woman, but Case hardened and bristled into a take-no-crap, determined, independent force of nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

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

He sought to walk towards the blizzard of criticism - an unlikely alliance taking in Ford and the National Trust among many others - rather than cower from it.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023

“Do they yet cower under the tyranny of General Ffangg? Are they desperate to return to the days of my iron-pawed rule?”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth