cowering

Example Sentences

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"I'm not some little businessman who's going to run off. I'll see you in court," he told the cowering official.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 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

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

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