cower
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After 36 hours in our care, Bob still had not peed, pooped, eaten, or done much of anything beyond cower.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
“This is a story of happiness,” Gibson insists at one point, refusing to cower to cancer.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
The sounds of Herbert’s bat in the cage made Manley cower behind the pitching screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Ten 6-week-old piglets cower together in the corner of a gated pen spread with straw.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The sight of the trees and the forest floor made him cower and cringe.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
When he pops “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” under the spotlight, a volunteer cowers in the chair while Garry leaps over it with impressive dexterity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That’s not the culture of an organization that, even in its darkest times, cowers to no one and challenges everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
"He doesn't want to go for a walk when he has a muzzle on, he shivers and cowers down, it's horrible to see, but once he's up here he's like a new puppy again."
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
She cowers in tiny, dark places at every bang.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Sara cowers in her seat and silently chews her peanut-butter sandwich.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
More than 30 dogs were crowded together on the stairs, while others climbed on the kitchen sides or cowered in corners.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Others might have cowered or taken time to regroup and figure out what they should do,” said Wald.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
He briefly cowered, before realizing it was a taped-up black cricket ball that soared up from the ground floor.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Those who didn’t have the means to flee the city quickly enough cowered in its basements, surviving — but only just — without electricity, gas or running water.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
A small child cowered in the corner, her blonde hair loose and tangled, her feet bare and black with dirt.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
"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
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
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
Meanwhile, at the Seaside Sandman Motel, the original Duke was cowering in his crate.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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