How to Use cower in a Sentence

cower

verb

• They cowered at the sight of the gun.
• I cowered behind the door.
• She was cowering in the closet.
• Fay ran to his truck, where his dog cowered on the floor, and took off.
  — Leah Sottile, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
• The kids were heard cowering in fear.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
• The rest of the crew cowered at the table while the fight raged on just an arm’s length away.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
• They aren’t taught to cower to the police or to be afraid of the police.
  — Longreads, 10 July 2017
• The tiny dog appeared to cower in Bloom's lap while a clip of it aired.
  — Michael Nied, People.com, 11 June 2025
• But rather than cower in fear, there’s a confident air about each of them.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• Nights are for cowering in the cold and rain while clinging to steely straight basalt cliffs.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• This is no time to cower in the face of a bully who is stealing our lunch money.
  — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
• Others see the same unleashed dog and their instinct is to cower in fear or run away.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• There is a cowering quality to her body, even her voice.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Earl had cowered and cried, cold-hated his grandfather for a full two days.
  — Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
• This caused many of her followers to cower in her presence.
  — Blair Glaser, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
• And his reaction’s not going to be to cower away.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
• The world cowers in fear, waiting to see what Homelander will do next, and guess what?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2026
• But we’re not so easily cowered.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
• Shiffrin did not cower in the face of disappointment.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
• Tourists and residents cowered in fear.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
• Dogs with anxiety may try to hide or cower in response to the stressor.
  — Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
• The elephants seem to be cowering and trying to run away from the keepers.
  — National Geographic, 14 Apr. 2017
• Most of the dead were killed cowering in basements when their homes collapsed upon them.
  — Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• Cops searching the home found the 4-year-old girl cowering inside.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
• Back at the truck, Jahrig and I cower in the shade, drinking water.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
• The camera sticks with Ivy, who runs and cowers behind a fountain as shots ring out.
  — Kat Rosenfield, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• On each side, fearful rodeo clowns cower, while on the backside a silly chicken flaps its wings.
  — Barbara Henry, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2017
• Would my clients, followers and potential clients all want to cower at home for the rest of their lives?
  — Regan Hillyer, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Passengers scream and cower in their seats as the two men roll into the tiny aisle, fighting to the death.
  — Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2021
• There’s the sound of gunfire truly worthy of a war zone as people scream and run and cower, with nowhere to go.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017