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Meanings of cowed in English

Intimidated.

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Examples for "intimidated"
1
If people get intimidated, that role will be under risk, he said.
Reuters
2
Demonstrators demanding jobs disrupted output, damaged property and intimidated employees, Lonmin said.
Reuters
3
As I spoke, rage sparkled in my eyes; the magistrate was intimidated.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
4
The carriers, then as now the spearhead of American power, intimidated Beijing.
Reuters
5
But on recent trips, Anthony reports he has been threatened and intimidated.
Radio NZ
1
Does the data really show that South African pupils are most bullied?
The South African
2
Twenty four say they've been bullied by the MP they work for.
BBC
3
Staff told inspectors they had been pressured or bullied to change data.
The Guardian
4
However, President Xi will not be bullied into making a bad deal.
Reuters
5
Her manager and colleagues bullied her about the content of the letters.
Radio NZ
1
Single-pitch hangdog sessions where your partner works out moves and takes forever.
Climbing Magazine
2
Hildie looked from the closing door to Elizabeth with her hangdog expression.
Her mother's hope
3
Her eyes were red from crying and she had a hangdog expression.
Under orders
4
He caught sight of his reflection in the mirror, hangdog and sweaty.
Anansi Boys
5
Pellegrini's always sober press conferences and hangdog demeanour certainly calmed the place down.
The Guardian
1
Not yet browbeaten, the warlike Mrs. Sherman appealed to the General Court.
The Beginnings of New England / Or the Puritan Theocracy in its ...
2
Parker, a former gay rights activist, said she would not be browbeaten.
The Guardian
3
Rangers, earlier bullish, were now browbeaten with injustice overtaken by harsh realities.
The Guardian
4
He had learned that the students would not be browbeaten or bullied.
Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student
5
He was not easily browbeaten, and was generally prepared to browbeat others.
The Three Clerks
Usage of cowed in English
1
The sight of those uniforms in the broad daylight had cowed him.
Pee-wee Harris on the Trail
2
But Mariama refused to be cowed by the gravity of the situation.
Schild’s Ladder
3
Hain was impressed and cowed; he hadn't seen anyone else doing that.
Midnight at the well of souls
4
The gray horse quieted, cowed by the very terror and the hush.
The Other Girls
5
The Jacobites had been cowed by the issue of the last rebellion.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
6
The king was cowed by the bold and uncompromising voice of truth.
Prince Eugene and His Times
7
The appeals fell upon the ears of a cowed and beaten populace.
Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
8
I saw that he was cowed; felt that I was his master.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
9
The last blow had cowed his man; he raised his fist again.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
10
The bitterness and force with which the stranger spoke cowed his hearers.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
11
The four of them huddled together, feeling cowed by such a press.
Empire in black and gold
12
Daffingdon looked up at his Egeria; her visible inspiration almost cowed him.
Under the Skylights
13
The general remark was, that he looked as if he was cowed.
Ernest Bracebridge: School Days
14
It's body was long and thin and winged, but it looked cowed.
Slow decay
15
This continued until the Indians became for the time being thoroughly cowed.
South America
16
I didn't feel chippy or cowed by anything, anyone or any job.
The Guardian
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