cower

A young, lanky, man with grey blue eyes and short black hair wearing khaki pants and a white cotton tee was cowering against the wall.

But Bush is unlikely ever to escape the image of him cowering behind a lectern watched by an unruffled Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.

We were all representatives of a shadow society, cowering under a cloud of bad tidings that would never come.

The most notorious pirates from around the world are uniting against our enemy, and yet you sit here cowering in your bathwater!

what a thing it is to be a ghost, cowering and shivering in an altered world, a prey to apprehension and despair!

Another daughter was discovered cowering under a bed with her hand severed.

My Mom saw it all from the bedroom window and by the time she came rushing outside, we were cowering in the bushes, crying and hysterical.

The fox, who had attended the steps of his fell mistress, uttered a dismal howl , and ran cowering back to the inner cave.

She bent down and discovered Cosette cowering at the other end of the table, almost under the drinkers' feet.

Yet those expecting private-equity executives to be cowering in fear of retribution will be disappointed.

One aboriginal boy in his early teens leads children to knife both their Japanese teacher and cowering women.

They saw the gleam of glowing red eyes beneath the concealing hood as the statue's arms reached out toward the cowering boy.

When the detective arrived, he found the unfortunate guest cowering in a corner.

Prior to his introduction to martial arts, Cora led a timid life cowering on the playground.

After all, market meltdowns tend to speak louder than cowering politicians.

Another dictator, like Saddam Hussein before him, found cowering in a bolt hole.

If bullies notice you're ducking them, they will not see this as sensible avoidance, but as cowering behavior.

The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.

Set guard dogs at the genitals and legs of cowering naked prisoners?

She grabbed her cowering navigator and pulled him onto the outdoor bridge wing.

Technology trains leave the station at regular intervals. If everyone else is cowering in a corner, you may have a whole car to yourself.

Osama bin Laden killed cowering behind his 'human shield' wife.

You have a vicious , greedy , unmerciful financial wolf standing over a cowering, unsophisticated commercial lamb .

She returned home to Colorado cowering and fearful.

While I was cowering in my bedroom, the police had to settle the situation.

Were taught to spend our entire lives cowering in self-denial.

Instead of cowering away from it, welcome it with open arms.

I was still cowering under the sheet when Greg got up and pushed June out of the room.

eg. Brave men defy tyrants, instead of cowering before them.

My foot struck her, cowering in a corner of the room.

I will be weak body cowering in a corner of one side.

WEVE BEEN COWERING SO LONG