have cowed
- present perfect of cow.
Example Sentences
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In theory, the demise of the National Industrial Recovery Act could have cowed the administration, as the Supreme Court seemed poised to begin striking down much of the New Deal.
From Slate ● May 1, 2021
That experience seems not to have cowed him.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
Such intense journalism might have cowed the Post in the decadent days of the McLean regime, but Publisher Meyer refused to lie down.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and Pat Carroll together have cowed the very heart within you.
From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony
It was well for Mr Slope that he had so escaped,—the anger of such a woman, at such a moment, would have cowed even him.
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
