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In another, Munshi stands defiantly before the entrance of a boycotted British department store, uncowed by a group of British police officers towering over her - and stylishly dressed in a sleeveless sari blouse.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

The terrorists wanted to terrorize us, and by living our lives, proud and uncowed, we didn’t let the terrorists win!

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2020

Peru is attacking with verve, uncowed by France’s star-studded lineup.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018

But both Rigby and Weedon are uncowed by it.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2015

This would preclude the chance of such a disaster as the Cardenas expedition, and the Cubans, uncowed by the presence of large bodies of governmental soldiery, would hasten to the aid of Lopez.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher