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Meanings of cower when in English

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Usage of cower when in English
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Teams often cower when they see him approach for a little pow wow.
News.com.au
2
Her five children would flinch and cower when their father was in the house, flying into violent rages.
The Guardian
3
You cower when you could conquer.
Shatter Me
4
They tremble and cower when the footstep of the hunter with the beard on his chin is heard on the heath.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
5
With lyrics like, "My enemies cower when they feel the power that I gain when I devour a cauliflower" you can't go wrong.
Wired
6
Before, they all used to cower when I took the podium, never wanting to argue with me for fear I might retaliate by pranking them.
Hide and Seek
7
What kind of a man cowers when the end of the world comes?
Bird Box
8
See how he cowers when we look at him.
A Williams Anthology / A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Wi...
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She cowers when a knock comes at the door!
Told in the East
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Mangena said Steenkamp was shot in the right hip and was cowering when she was hit in the head.
The Guardian
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'I seen an old dog once, the way it cowered when its drunken master raised a stick to it.' His voice was faraway, reliving it.
The Darkening Sea
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