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cowering

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cow·er  (kour)
intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers
To cringe in fear.
[Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin.]
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He hesitated, pulled one way by desire, the other way by fear; then he stole to the door and peeped out, listening; and finally crept close to me and put his mouth to my ear and told me his fearful news in a whisper, and with all the cowering apprehension of one who was venturing upon awful ground and speaking of things whose very mention might be freighted with death.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
My foot struck her, cowering in a corner of the room.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Here, crouching and cowering be- hind some trees, the men clung with desperation, as if threatened by a wave.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
 
 
 
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