Get to know Cowed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like browbeaten or bullied.
Cowed meaning
Frightened into submission.
Synonyms of Cowed
Using Cowed
- The main meaning on this page is: Frightened into submission.
- Useful related words include: browbeaten, bullied, hangdog, intimidated.
- In the example corpus, cowed often appears in combinations such as: be cowed, cowed by, cowed into.
Context around Cowed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cowed
- In this selection, "cowed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, too, long and down stand out and add context to how "cowed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are not cowed and beaten and cowed into silence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cowed" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cowed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But we are not going to get cowed down. (9 words)
This once aggressive, dominant batting line-up is cowed and broken,” he wrote. (13 words)
Grand Rapids’ Jewish community will not be cowed by this vile attack on Ahavas Israel. (15 words)
Jess's immovable choice and staunch refusal to be cowed is one of the most subversive, radical challenges to the final girl mythos in the entire horror canon, and this was before the trope was truly established, let alone named. (40 words)
It can feel like you are being weak, you tell yourself you can handle it but up against someone who has power and position above you, you know they can make life even harder if you are not cowed. (39 words)
On his twitter account, Odinga told his supporters that in order to take over the destiny of the country which he said has been take over by 'illegitimate' government, they must not accept to be cowed. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Attorney General Ken Paxton lashed out at Travis County DA José Garza, saying he had 'weaponized the judicial system' and cowed to the 'racial agenda' of liberal mobs and extremists groups.
But surely one of its biggest assets is its women – now largely hidden, beaten and cowed into silence.
But we are not going to get cowed down.
It will suit the Conservative machine if the BBC becomes too cowed to perform its vital function of scrutinising all the parties without fear or favour.
Jess's immovable choice and staunch refusal to be cowed is one of the most subversive, radical challenges to the final girl mythos in the entire horror canon, and this was before the trope was truly established, let alone named.
On his twitter account, Odinga told his supporters that in order to take over the destiny of the country which he said has been take over by 'illegitimate' government, they must not accept to be cowed.
Rather than be cowed by it though, Manley embraced it, becoming the pantomime villain of the sport.
The tableau that emerges from the troubles of Trump and McCarthy is one in which the G.O.P.’s leaders are chastened and cowed, one in which their power is stripped and their efforts rebuked.
This once aggressive, dominant batting line-up is cowed and broken,” he wrote.
According to Almut Rochowanski, a writer on civil rights, far from being cowed or passive, the Russian opposition's 'nationwide mobilisation and co-ordination effort is one of the most comprehensive, competent, courageous and resilient anywhere'.
The Chinese state cowed its firms into greater compliance with government dictates; U.S. firms have been more willing to fight the federal government on questions of data privacy.
The Leader also compared threats currently facing MPs with past actions by the IRA, and said Parliament would not be cowed by it.
But defiance is part of his brand, so he is reluctant to say the Saudis have cowed him.
But Mr. Castex is not an environmentalist nor a leftist, suggesting Mr. Macron was not cowed by the election results nor by demands that he change his pro-business stance.
But they, long cowed by the dictator’s brutal intimidation, simply beseeched him to return to work at the Kremlin.
For Thames to be seen to have been cowed by hostile politicians would only encourage more hostility.
Grand Rapids’ Jewish community will not be cowed by this vile attack on Ahavas Israel.
Having been at the receiving end for the past five years, the minorities have refused to be cowed down.
He explained that Shekau and his terror group had become factionalised, depleted and defeated, adding that the armed forces cannot be cowed by terrorists' ranting.
It can feel like you are being weak, you tell yourself you can handle it but up against someone who has power and position above you, you know they can make life even harder if you are not cowed.
Common combinations with cowed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be cowed 24×
- cowed by 19×
- cowed into 6×
- cowed to 4×
- cowed down 4×
- and cowed 3×
- too cowed 2×
- cowed and 2×
- cowed or 2×
- state cowed 2×