All 5 Uses of
cower
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- 'Keep your 'airnet on!' said Mundungus, his arms over his head, cowering.†
Chpt 2 *
- Someone was cowering against the dark wall, her wand in her hand, her whole body shaking with sobs.†
Chpt 9
- Neville jumped and cowered as though a bullet had narrowly missed him.†
Chpt 23
- He relinquished his grip on the chair and walked around it, closer to the man cowering on the floor, until he stood directly over him in the darkness, looking down from a far greater height than usual.†
Chpt 26
- Snape staggered — his wand flew upwards, away from Harry —and suddenly Harry's mind was teeming with memories that were not his: a hook-nosed man was shouting at a cowering woman, while a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner… a greasy-haired teenager sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the ceiling, shooting down flies… a girl was laughing as a scrawny boy tried to mount a bucking broomstick — 'ENOUGH!'†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(cower) show fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit