cower
verb (used without object)
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
had cowered
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past perfectof cower.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Earl had cowered and cried, cold-hated his grandfather for a full two days.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Frere had cowered before this frightful torrent of rage, but, at the scream which accompanied the last words, he stepped forward as though to seize her.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
They had cowered in their village dreading a Seneca attack, and they were feverishly anxious for concerted action.
From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith
He had cowered under the torrential rains which swept across his exposed homeland, and had heard God's voice summoning the obedient waters of the sea, that He might pour them down in rain.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
She had cowered down when Van Shaw spoke the first word.
From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon
