How to Use cower in a Sentence

cower

verb

• They cowered at the sight of the gun.
• I cowered behind the door.
• She was cowering in the closet.
• The officers found the dog, a Shih Tzu named Crispy, cowering under the bed.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Fay ran to his truck, where his dog cowered on the floor, and took off.
  — Leah Sottile, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
• They aren’t taught to cower to the police or to be afraid of the police.
  — Longreads, 10 July 2017
• Back at the truck, Jahrig and I cower in the shade, drinking water.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
• Most of us think stressed dogs cower or tuck their tails.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
• Yet the owner of the 40-year-old punk shop The Alley isn’t cowering.
  — Corilyn Shropshire, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Nights are for cowering in the cold and rain while clinging to steely straight basalt cliffs.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• Faced with this kind of abuse, many people would cower.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• As neighbors cowered in their homes, one of the Maoists ran a blade across Megh’s throat and severed his head.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Biden will be the one to determine whether Democrats spend the next two decades cowering in fear of what the Supreme Court might do.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• The elephants seem to be cowering and trying to run away from the keepers.
  — National Geographic, 14 Apr. 2017
• The elephants seem to be cowering and trying to run away from the keepers.
  — National Geographic, 14 Apr. 2017
• Passengers scream and cower in their seats as the two men roll into the tiny aisle, fighting to the death.
  — Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2021
• But rather than cower in fear, there’s a confident air about each of them.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• Others see the same unleashed dog and their instinct is to cower in fear or run away.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• The camera sticks with Ivy, who runs and cowers behind a fountain as shots ring out.
  — Kat Rosenfield, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• There’s the sound of gunfire truly worthy of a war zone as people scream and run and cower, with nowhere to go.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017
• There are hardcore Bengals fans who pace around the living room and scream at the TV in a way that makes pets cower in the closet.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
• In the end, Gunman saves its real judgment for the men who cowered in her shadow.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2023
• In the second car, Danielle Boyles, 27, a preschool teacher from South Africa, cowered under an abaya.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Sugars and around 30 others now cowered on the floor as bullets zipped through the aluminum walls and past their heads.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, latimes.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• She’s never struck me as one that would cower from someone.
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• Would my clients, followers and potential clients all want to cower at home for the rest of their lives?
  — Regan Hillyer, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Dogs with anxiety may try to hide or cower in response to the stressor.
  — Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
• Sheriffs have the ability to fight, and the sheriff of Pinal County cowered.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
• The mothers trapped in Gaza have spent the past month and a half cowering in fear as Israeli airstrikes shake the earth and ground forces encircle the north of the enclave.
  — Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• In politics, people usually cower in fear and curl up in a ball when things get tough.
  — Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 28 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024