Cower
verb
To bend low or move your body downwards because of fear.
As the thunderstorm started, the dog started to cower under the table.
Often appears as...
- cower in fear
- cower down
verb
To bend low or move your body downwards because of fear.
As the thunderstorm started, the dog started to cower under the table.
Often appears as...
- cower in fear
- cower down
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Pro Tip 1/3Fear Response
Cower typically indicates an instinctive response to fear or feeling intimidated.
The child cowered at the loud noises.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Level
The act of cowering suggests a strong level of fear, not just slight discomfort or worry.
Visitors often cower in the haunted house attraction.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Action
Cowering involves a physical movement, such as ducking or shrinking back.
During the drill, we cowered under our desks.
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I stepped out of grief...
I'm not sure that fire dancing would be the answer, or if I'd even have the capacity to get near fire again. But what I can say from my own experience is that after experiencing a trauma or hardship, you have a choice between two paths. One path will lead you to a life of fear and cowering in the darkness,
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Shah Selbe: Using Tech...
drones now drones have gotten a lot of controversy lately with their use the military I think I've even when I said the word I saw some of you guys cower in fear but you know just like the Internet which kind of originally came under military funding and has been like
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The Greek myth of Talos,...
and made for a sheltered cove. But before they could even drop anchor, Talos spotted them. While the Argonauts cowered at the approach of the awesome automaton, the sorceress Medea spotted a glinting bolt on the robot’s ankle—
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The ballet that incited...
with performers cowering, writhing and leaping about as if possessed. Often, the dancers are not one with the music but rather seem to struggle against it. Nijinsky instructed them to turn their toes inwards
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Gabby Rivera: The story...
Like, when you lose yourself, dig deep into your ancestry, because you will find the pieces there. And also, reminders that soft is not a pass to duck, to hide, to be silent, to cower. Soft is also a push
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
no laws made for the men that enforced them. We were trained to dodge, to wait, to cower and cover, to wait more, still, wait. We were told to be silent. But speak to your girls of this wartime,
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Mongoose Domestic...
ginger he probably isn't even the main target the family's rough that is reserved for new mum mousey and two other females currently cowering under a bush
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Julia Bacha: Pay...
But there were others around me who weren't even cowering. Israeli A nonviolent protest is not going to stop the. This is a peaceful march.
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How to talk about weight...
so I'm a diet doctor which essentially means when people hear what I do they kind of cower over their plates and and
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
you probably think of centipedes as tiny squishy bothersome things cowering in your garden
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I stepped out of grief...
I'm not sure that fire dancing would be the answer, or if I'd even have the capacity to get near fire again. But what I can say from my own experience is that after experiencing a trauma or hardship, you have a choice between two paths. One path will lead you to a life of fear and cowering in the darkness,
Video examples
Shah Selbe: Using Tech...
drones now drones have gotten a lot of controversy lately with their use the military I think I've even when I said the word I saw some of you guys cower in fear but you know just like the Internet which kind of originally came under military funding and has been like
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The Greek myth of Talos,...
and made for a sheltered cove. But before they could even drop anchor, Talos spotted them. While the Argonauts cowered at the approach of the awesome automaton, the sorceress Medea spotted a glinting bolt on the robot’s ankle—
Video examples
The ballet that incited...
with performers cowering, writhing and leaping about as if possessed. Often, the dancers are not one with the music but rather seem to struggle against it. Nijinsky instructed them to turn their toes inwards
Video examples
Gabby Rivera: The story...
Like, when you lose yourself, dig deep into your ancestry, because you will find the pieces there. And also, reminders that soft is not a pass to duck, to hide, to be silent, to cower. Soft is also a push
Video examples
Chinaka Hodge: What will...
no laws made for the men that enforced them. We were trained to dodge, to wait, to cower and cover, to wait more, still, wait. We were told to be silent. But speak to your girls of this wartime,
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Mongoose Domestic...
ginger he probably isn't even the main target the family's rough that is reserved for new mum mousey and two other females currently cowering under a bush
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Julia Bacha: Pay...
But there were others around me who weren't even cowering. Israeli A nonviolent protest is not going to stop the. This is a peaceful march.
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How to talk about weight...
so I'm a diet doctor which essentially means when people hear what I do they kind of cower over their plates and and
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Giant Centipede PIPE...
you probably think of centipedes as tiny squishy bothersome things cowering in your garden
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Kenny Omega
Canadian Athlete
I don't like to risk - I'm actually not a tough guy at all, make no mistake about it, so I'm not going to do something that I'm scared of. So, if something looks dangerous, at the time I didn't think it was, because I'm the first person to cower away from a risk of injury if there seems to be one.
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David Goggins
American Athlete
I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why - when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult - we wonder why we cower and we run away.
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Theresa May
British Politician
It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind the curtains in an ordinary street: slavery.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
Brave doesn't spread hate or bully the vulnerable. Brave doesn't put greed and self-interest over millions of lives. Brave doesn't cower behind lies and walls. Brave doesn't pit people against one another. That's what fear does.
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Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
When most kids were hiding their eyes or cowering under the covers, I was three inches away from the television when horror movies were played.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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Joe Haldeman
American Author
Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.
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John Doolittle
American Politician
Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
I will fight to the last breath, even though my family cowers in terror in the palace.
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Carey Price
I'm not going to cower away from anything.
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Kenny Omega
Canadian Athlete
I don't like to risk - I'm actually not a tough guy at all, make no mistake about it, so I'm not going to do something that I'm scared of. So, if something looks dangerous, at the time I didn't think it was, because I'm the first person to cower away from a risk of injury if there seems to be one.
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David Goggins
American Athlete
I'm a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why - when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult - we wonder why we cower and we run away.
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Theresa May
British Politician
It is all around us, hidden in plain sight. It is walking our streets, supplying shops and supermarkets, working in fields, factories or nail bars, trapped in brothels or cowering behind the curtains in an ordinary street: slavery.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
Brave doesn't spread hate or bully the vulnerable. Brave doesn't put greed and self-interest over millions of lives. Brave doesn't cower behind lies and walls. Brave doesn't pit people against one another. That's what fear does.
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Sharon Needles
American Entertainer
When most kids were hiding their eyes or cowering under the covers, I was three inches away from the television when horror movies were played.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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Joe Haldeman
American Author
Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.
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John Doolittle
American Politician
Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
I will fight to the last breath, even though my family cowers in terror in the palace.
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Carey Price
I'm not going to cower away from anything.
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