cowering
Example Sentences
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The image of a fluffy white dog cowering in a corner tugged on heartstrings across the globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
The enduring image of Ruben Amorim's 14-month tenure at Manchester United may well be the one of him cowering in the dugout at Grimsby.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
For Ms. Sweeney and Ms. Seyfried it provides an endless variety of opportunities to run through the soap-opera playbook of screaming, cowering, deceiving and attacking depending on the circumstances, which grow increasingly horrifying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
On Friday, Musk shared two side-by-side A.I.-generated images of graffiti-style stencils: a smiling, handsome Kirk, and a cowering, dying Zarutska.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025
The blaze in the fire pit seemed to shrink before this storm of light, like a small dog cowering before a larger one.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
