Example Sentences

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The image of a fluffy white dog cowering in a corner tugged on heartstrings across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The enduring image of Ruben Amorim's 14-month tenure at Manchester United may well be the one of him cowering in the dugout at Grimsby.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

For Ms. Sweeney and Ms. Seyfried it provides an endless variety of opportunities to run through the soap-opera playbook of screaming, cowering, deceiving and attacking depending on the circumstances, which grow increasingly horrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

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

Jeanne looked at the cowering Gerald, and then after the great prior of Saint-Denis.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz