had cowed
- past perfect of cow.
Example Sentences
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The NUM had cowed Heath’s government with its militant tactics.
From Economist ● Apr. 11, 2013
Unwittingly, Colbert walked into a fiefdom commanded by a rogue cop so intimidating that he had cowed an entire neighborhood, and so clever that he had won 14 perfect job ratings in 14 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
A cloudy vision of something unpurchasable, where he had supposed there was nothing, had cowed him in spite of the burly resistance of his pride.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
A single word from Gouache, a glance of the artist's eye had cowed him less than an hour ago; but Meschini's fury left him indifferent.
From Sant' Ilario by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
He reached Cuxhaven in great exhaustion; and arrived at Berlin on 17th March, only to find that the French by daring and intrigue had cowed the North German States into subservience.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
