cowered

• “The Virgin cowered down and instinctively threw up her hands to protect her face.”

  CHAPTER 20

• “McCain’s support of the surge while Obama cowered is what gained us the strength to allow peace to happen. —”

  Iraq Veteran Takes On McCain In New Ad - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

• “I take this opportunity of stating that if anybody "cowered" in Court on that memorable occasion, it was certainly not poor old PROSER.”

  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891

• “Chase was near crying now, his own fists covering his face as he cowered from his best friend.”

  Fictionaut: Go to Jesus

• “Helmeted police fired dozens of rounds of tear gas and kicked and clubbed unarmed protesters – one of whom cowered on the ground, covering his face.”

  The Huffington Post: Tunisia Uprising Drives Iron-FIsted Ruler From Power

• “Helmeted police fired dozens of rounds of tear gas and kicked and clubbed unarmed protesters — one of whom cowered on the ground, covering his face.”

  USA Today: Tunisian leader flees amid protests; PM takes over

• “The way the Dems cowered to the Blue Dogs was a disgrace.”

  Think Progress » Deficit Peacock Evan Bayh Hits ‘Far Left-Wing Blogs’ For Criticizing Obama’s Spending Freeze As Too ‘Austere’

• “I have no illusions that Assad will be cowered by a more muscular White House policy.”

  The Huffington Post: Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Syria-sly Mr.President, Turn the Heat Up on Assad

• “And by his logic, Israel would have cowered in fear of thousands of more rockets from Hamas, and the even more powerful rockets that Hezbollah would launch in tandem.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Time Machine

• “Maggie cowered, as the stranger, definitely a man, reached for the them.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Stitch Before Dying

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