cornered
having corners (usually used in combination): a six-cornered room.
having a given number of positions; sided (usually used in combination): a four-cornered debate.
forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position: a cornered debater; a cornered fox.
Origin of cornered
1Other words from cornered
- un·cor·nered, adjective
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How to use cornered in a sentence
China, on the other hand, has the minerals market pretty well cornered, from mining raw materials to refining and processing them.
The US Just Put $3 Billion Towards Securing Its Battery Supply Chain | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | May 4, 2022 | Singularity HubNow, cornered but far from crippled by sanctions that initially did not include energy exports and still do not in Europe, Putin is using his colossal energy power to retaliate.
Alastair Sim had jowls like melting candle wax, a snarl like a cornered cat and eyes cold with contempt.
With its eastern borders under siege from Russia, Ukrainians feel cornered and insecure.
A whimpering, half-growl and curdled scream, a cornered-animal cry of a sound.
The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up | Tim Teeman | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Putin is cornered, according to Saakashvili, which is why he is lashing out.
U.S. Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Move to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland | Josh Rogin | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps feeling cornered by the UN report, North Korea launched a blame game of its own.
Now It’s North Korea’s Turn to List U.S. Human Rights Abuses | Nina Strochlic | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRat this pawn of the Eye may have been, but even a cornered rat will fight with the courage of a lion.
In fact, they were the real commanders, although the fire inspector had yellow and crimson feathers in his three-cornered hat.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandSuch a bear, they had heard, always preferred to run away, and was not much to be dreaded unless cornered or wounded.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonStill no answer, while the scoundrel gazed about like a cornered cat, looking for chance to escape.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisAt first he brazened it out, and finally, when he was cornered, he turned state's evidence to save what he could of his own skin.
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