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
The distance between Americans and the people in other countries cowering as death rains down on them from the sky has always been vast both geographically and culturally.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
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
“It would be a mistake to think California is cowering in the face of this onslaught,” Newsom said in the 2,300-word address accompanied by a shortened video version.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
This man sat there, his cowering, pale face filled with regret and fear, and at the end of the day, he would still get to go home.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
