Van Gundy has hinted how he might react to an Orlando title, saying he might "cower" in a "fetal position.". From Wordnik.com. [Don't expect a neutral voice from Jeff Van Gundy during NBA Finals] Reference
Well, even so, was he going to cower back into a corner?. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
The victim may cower in the presence of the other person. From Wordnik.com. [Astor trial puts spotlight on financial abuse of the elderly] Reference
While heaven leans forth to see, oh! can he quail or cower?. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
Gray Wolf did not cower, nor did his staunch heart fail him. From Wordnik.com. [Followers of the Trail] Reference
But she could only cower among them, more terrified than they. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Here that also means refusing to cower in the face of terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2005] Reference
I saw many a member cower at the word; for it was the countersign of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
Wrathful came the dame's quick answer; made him cower, shame, and start. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
And do you think to see me crouch and cower before a tamed and shattered senate?. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Ay, well may you cower! well may the cold sweat force itself out upon your brow!. From Wordnik.com. [Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival] Reference
Democrats, afraid to appear soft in an election year, mostly cower in the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
I cower a bit and nod, letting her know that she's crazy and wrong and beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [Shooting Smoke] Reference
Nevertheless, aides say he can make junior officers cower just by walking into a room. From Wordnik.com. [Architect Of The Air War] Reference
Looking at him, Kennon was reminded of a frightened dog, ready either to bite or cower. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
So the lower part of his moral being began to cower; he glanced furtively at the company. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Should the president cower at the likes of lightweights like Bill O'Reilly or Sarah Palin?. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Stranahan: President Obama Listens to the Right Because He Ignores the Left] Reference
Law-abiding citizens cower behind locked doors and barred windows, fearful of going outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Price Of Neglect] Reference
On 9/11 when buildings started exploding we did not cower ... and this resolve holds true now. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Stepanian: "I Love The Mosque" Shirts Printed by Activists to Challenge Islamophobia] Reference
Anti-Christ will make use of this power to cower his enemies and bring them in fear-subjection. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
I have no sympathy with its promoters, and I will never cower before the mob-tyranny they evoke. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
It was a threat, we felt -- a threat that would make some presumptuous superior cower and conform. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
You can go cower in the corner and hide, or you can be tough and stand up for what you believe in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007] Reference
For hours the man would cower behind the cover of the curtain and peer around at the street below. From Wordnik.com. [The Cactus] Reference
You can change your major, remodel your worldview, and cower at the specter of graduating in a recession. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Bowers: Why Did We Get Married?] Reference
No longer did he tremble and cower in the darkness of caves when Zeus hurled his lightnings across the sky. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
Stout is the toil, and the life seemingly dreary, to those who cower by ingle-nooks or stand over registers. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
The Major's big car shuddered with each fresh blast, and the little Swallow seemed to cower close to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
Violence-saturated Americans are more likely to yawn than cower when Republicans keep reminding them about 9/11. From Wordnik.com. [Turkey and the EU] Reference
I actually thought it was a little bit of milk toast, to me, I mean, "We would not cower in the face of the enemy.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2009] Reference
Once again, Jeremy tried to hit her, but Carol didn't even cower, as if she knew that Jeremy didn't have it in him. From Wordnik.com. [Better than Ever] Reference
And I've been beating that girl up and making fun of her, acting just like the people who made me/her cower and hide. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Frevele: A Second Chance at the '90s!] Reference
This cabal of "grass-roots" everymen and women who shake in their bootstraps as they cower from the press and voters. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Ostroy: Why the Tea Party Candidates Are So Afraid of the Media] Reference
Under a scornful wind the madmen bellow and tribes cower amongst the rubble, caught in the sound bites & grabs of war. From Wordnik.com. [Unmanned] Reference
Nicoletta, that ruddy Guglielmotta; but they seemed to cower in their rigid clothes, and they were as nothing to Cino. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Never ones to miss an opportunity to cower before rightwing claptrap, some Democrats are beginning to swallow those nostrums. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: An Entrepreneur Speaks: No Impact of Tax Rate Increases on New Business Investment. None. Zero. Nada.] Reference
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