cowing

Example Sentences

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Her primary rivals are not cowing before her national reputation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

“To have the same effect of cowing the Taiwan population, Beijing is forced to be more threatening,” said Ja Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Even as lawmakers, business groups and foreign leaders expressed alarm, senior White House officials showed no sign of backing down or cowing under the blowback.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2019

There are signs, too, of new efforts to harness the law to the cause of cowing the press.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2016

Rather than cowing the students into submission, the arrests stiffened their resolve, and they returned to the streets with renewed conviction.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman