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Meanings of cower in English
Catalan
arrossegar-se Catalan
arronsar-se Spanish
acurrucarse Synonyms
Examples for "crawl"
Examples for "crawl"
1
Detta changed course and began to crawl toward the gunslinger's inert body.
2
Small boys will crawl in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
3
The scoring rate had slowed to a crawl, and that's the result.
4
They have to crawl like animals, feeling their way through the mud.
5
The Chief Ranger did not pause in his crawl to the left.
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But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly creep up.
2
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured to-temperaturecreep.
3
When this happens you get what we call 'creep' with knock-on effects.
4
That's a whole other problem, which is often fuelled by lifestyle creep.
5
The Christian religion did not creep into the world in the dark.
1
Yes, it is true that the jaguar and the fawn hide here.
2
He looked down at the fawn in a helpless sort of way.
3
Its materials were of a fawn-coloured stone, common in the Mowbray quarries.
4
Our young braves run to battle with the swiftness of the fawn.
5
She put her hand in his and jumped lightly as a fawn.
1
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely cringe-worthy catastrophe.
2
I used to cringe whenever his name came up in history class.
3
They will make you cringe, cry and not question making better choices.
4
What is meant to look macho is actually the cringe of panic.
5
Within the treasure cards deck, there are three cringe-inducing Waters Rise cards.
1
Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.
2
If he wanted her back, he was going to have to grovel.
3
The villagers grovel before the soldiers, offering up vodka and pork sausage.
4
And then I call my former academic advisor, and prepare to grovel.
5
But,' she added, her eyes kindling, 'I refuse to grovel any more.'
Usage of cower in English
1
Remember: Saddam says he made his WMD threats to cower the Iranians.
2
We cower as you point fingers telling us to 'support our troops.'
3
The Muslims could no longer afford to cower behind a defensive posture.
4
This time she did not cower before the passion in his face.
5
Well might common sense cower with the meaner animals at the picture.
6
The deep boom of their applause pursued Brinnaria and made her cower.
7
She began to cower, and hid her blushing face in her hands.
8
It was exhilarating to watch the police cower under commandeered dustbin lids.
9
And indeed, Rhiannon did drop to her knees, but not to cower.
10
The indunas seemed to cower at this declaration, but made no answer.
11
But his players could not have chosen a worse time to cower.
12
I fixed Rupert with a glare that should have made him cower.
13
She would not cower now while he fought for his brother's soul.
14
I cower in the shadows, pressing myself into the column, not breathing.
15
But even if I were not, I would not cower to you.
16
After an hour's rest we again embark and cower under an umbrella.
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