Example Sentences

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So when she was cowing to this kind of peer pressure, I felt responsible: my presence limited her social circle.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2013

No. All I reckoned upon was cowing him into a civiller posture of mind, and checking his aggressions and insolence.

From The Frozen Pirate by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

The merchant, like the great bully that he was, feeling satisfied that he was cowing the little man, would pick up a piece of ivory and say, “How much?”

From Japan A Record in Colour by Menpes, Dorothy