cowed
Example Sentences
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But he insisted that he would not be cowed by antisemitism.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Of course some of us wept and raged when he once again had to flee some bigger monkey that he had clearly annoyed, but while Punch was certainly cowed, he was never broken.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Rather than being cowed by the crowd, Newcastle made an aggressive start.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
He’s built a balanced program that can beat you with offense or defense and isn’t the least bit cowed by a marquee opponent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Every time I got it close to the raft, it beat about with such frenzy that I was cowed into letting out some line.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
