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Definition of Cowering
1. cower [v] - See also: cower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowering
Literary usage of Cowering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... his mouth Gapes to engulf whatever he may reach ; So crouch'd the Trojans,
cowering 'neath the bluffs 30 Of that dread River, mingled with his stream. ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... sightless head, Revolving inly The cowering merchants, in long robes, The doom
of Thebes. ... cowering ..."
3. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... Then shall thy meteor-glances glow, And cowering foes shall sink beneath Each
gallant arm that strikes below That lovely messenger of death. IV. ..."
4. The Diary of a Lady-in-waiting by Charlotte Campbell Bury, Archibald Francis Steuart (1908)
"... and washes away all stain from his character : —but to take a price for an
injury is a cowering mean idea. ! that could only obtain currency from its ..."
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