cower
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Even Cower concedes he doesn't know how much motivational fuel was generated by disrespecting the Terrible Towel… but reminding his players of it didn't hurt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2018
Cower, kow′er, v.i. to sink down through fear, &c.: to crouch, for protection or in fear.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"Cower low," said I to my company in the boat, pulling with all my might, the sweat pouring down my face.
From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur
The ocean pales where'er I sweep, I in my strength rejoice; And the monsters of the briny deep Cower, trembling, at my voice.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
Before I quitted the premises, however, I learned that Tarleton, the actor of those times, was not buried at St. Saviour's, Southwark, as he wished, near Massinger and Cower, but at Shoreditch Church.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
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