cowering
Example Sentences
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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 community of Los Angeles is concerned by what is coming, but we’re not cowering in panic,” Salas said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
Most of them were huddled together in groups, cowering as if they expected some horrible punishment from the new arrivals.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
