Meanings of cower like in English

Human greatness cannot cower like a child afraid of the darkness.

And Homer never went back and made the lady cower like he said he meant to.

But just a lift of his grizzled lip made the other Greatwolves cower like scolded pups.

They cower like hunted criminals.

Is the old Grecian spirit frozen in your veins, that you do crouch and cower like base-born slaves beneath your master's lash?

Is the old Grecian spirit frozen in your veins, that ye do crouch and cower like base-born slaves, beneath your master's lash?

As word spread throughout the city, one Short Tail after another felt his heart swim to his feet and cower like a dog.

Is the old Grecian spirit frozen in your veins, that you do crouch and cower like a belabored hound beneath his master's lash?

Instantly, the man remembered, the boy would cower like a fledgling beneath the sparrow-hawk, but with as much distaste as fear in his cringing.

The girl, the woman, and I cower like frightened children together: this is what it is like to live in a country at war.

Fighting to keep herself from cowering like a dog, she tries again.

The gods cowered like dogs at the edge of the heavens.

He looks to his right and sees FINN and ROSE cowering like losers.

Kynan cowers like a dog with his tail between his legs.

The culprit cowered like a child expecting a brutal blow.

He cowered like I'd just hit him, but held his club tight in his hand.