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Cower meaning

  1. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
  2. To crouch in general.
  3. To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

Cower vertaling naar Nederlands

in elkaar duiken ineenkrimpen

Using Cower

  • The main meaning on this page is: To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. | To crouch in general. | To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
  • Useful related words include: bend, grovel, cringe, creep.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: in elkaar duiken, ineenkrimpen.
  • In the example corpus, cower often appears in combinations such as: cower in, to cower, they cower.

Context around Cower

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Cower

  • In this selection, "cower" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, professors, leaders, citizens, instead and beneath stand out and add context to how "cower" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and professors cower to students and as they cower on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cower" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cower

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

May they cower in fear. (5 words)

Here you will not cower in fear. (7 words)

Flash the black card, and most white people will cower. (10 words)

Somewhere in the room you hear the buzz of a mosquito, but you’re too tired to get up and deal with it, so you cower beneath the sheet in the hope that the thin membrane of fabric will protect you from the inevitable bloodsucking. (45 words)

Determined not to cower before the white establishment, the three soon find themselves targeted by a shadowy cult, in a gripping and eerie story that makes the recent past look as sinister as any haunted house. (36 words)

Mr Monokoane has described the investigation as a ploy by his detractors to constrict and cower him from voicing his discontent with several issues within the RFP and from criticising the party’s leadership. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

At Harvard, by contrast, such controversies rage on, because administrators and professors cower to students, particularly on racial and sexual issues.

His force was irresistible now, and the big man would have no choice but to cower and whimper and submit to whatever Justin chose to visit upon him.

Instead of taking action, our leaders cower in fear of the NRA and the radical gun lovers who are so insecure and fearful that they cannot leave their house unless they are armed.

The new figures “paint a bloody picture of violence tearing away at our social fabric while our citizens cower in fear in their own homes”, the party said in a statement.

When players start a combat inside the Elfsong Tavern, all the patrons will now cower instead of continuing to drink.

He didn't cower or pull out his phone to film when Jordan Neely started threatening… pic.

Mr Monokoane has described the investigation as a ploy by his detractors to constrict and cower him from voicing his discontent with several issues within the RFP and from criticising the party’s leadership.

This session is especially painful as our hyper conservative lawmakers seem to cower in fear of everything from transgender kids and equal opportunity to library books and women having control over their own bodies.

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At least two people are shielding their children from the earthquake as they cower on the floor and behind a sofa.

Determined not to cower before the white establishment, the three soon find themselves targeted by a shadowy cult, in a gripping and eerie story that makes the recent past look as sinister as any haunted house.

If it goes up they cower in their bunkers from the criticism.

Joe Giudice is an indefatigable personality who does not cower in the face of trouble.

May they cower in fear.

Now, it’s time for Australia to work out its own way to live with this thing, not cower from it.

Parlade is proof that a man with a most decorated chest and a thousand guns will still cower at the sight of a woman who has found a cause for her voice.

Somewhere in the room you hear the buzz of a mosquito, but you’re too tired to get up and deal with it, so you cower beneath the sheet in the hope that the thin membrane of fabric will protect you from the inevitable bloodsucking.

But increasingly I wonder, as I look at the construction sites that make her cower, whether Lucky is onto something.

Flash the black card, and most white people will cower.

Here you will not cower in fear.

He said of the Chinese, “I don’t think they would cower or immediately run to the negotiating table to throw themselves at the mercy of Donald Trump.

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Common combinations with cower

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cower" in a sentence?
An example: "At Harvard, by contrast, such controversies rage on, because administrators and professors cower to students, particularly on racial and sexual issues." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "cower" from authentic English texts.
What does "cower" mean?
Cower means: To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
What are synonyms of "cower"?
Common synonyms of "cower" include: bend, grovel, cringe, creep, crawl, fawn, bow, stoop. Plus 3 more synonyms.
What is "cower" in Dutch?
"cower" translates to Dutch as: in elkaar duiken, ineenkrimpen.
How many example sentences with "cower" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "cower", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.