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Recent Examples of cower
For its makers, that’s where the magic is April 15, 2025
Later, checking the bear traps, however, Yuri encounters a big-eared baby ochi cowering in a hole, its hind leg bloodied.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The man finds you out back, cowering behind the dumpsters.
—Laura Steinel, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Fear is a powerful motivator and the threat of having the full force of the American legal system against you is enough to make anyone cower.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2025
The first season emphasized urban hellscapes — lots of cowering and running in the ruins of Boston, Kansas City and Salt Lake City — while moving toward the open spaces of Wyoming.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The man finds you out back, cowering behind the dumpsters.
—Laura Steinel, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Fear is a powerful motivator and the threat of having the full force of the American legal system against you is enough to make anyone cower.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2025
The first season emphasized urban hellscapes — lots of cowering and running in the ruins of Boston, Kansas City and Salt Lake City — while moving toward the open spaces of Wyoming.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cower
Verb
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The mullet was all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s, and many people who had that hairstyle often cringe, laugh or both when looking at pictures of themselves from those days.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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That clip, featuring Jennifer rapping along without missing a beat while her daughter cringes, drew another 1 million views and more than 50,200 likes.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
Verb
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When Afrikaner apartheid was instituted in 1948, Washington didn’t flinch.—
Time,
Time,
22 May 2025
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The game was scoreless until Amarillo scored twice in the top of the seventh, but Aledo didn’t flinch.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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“Cower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cower. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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