cowering

Example Sentences

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Still, not everyone in the hunt is cowering in fear about how the course could wind up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Of course, if we had thought about nuclear war every minute of every day, we might indeed have been cowering under our sheets.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 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

Ms Ventura sat cowering in the corner with her face covered, Mr Florez said.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Jeanne looked at the cowering Gerald, and then after the great prior of Saint-Denis.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz