All 4 Uses of
cower
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- She heard the soldier giving a few brief directions to the Jew, then she retired quickly to the edge of the road, and cowered behind some low shrubs, whilst Desgas and his men came up.†
Chpt 27cowered = showed fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- Suddenly, those same keen instincts within her made her pause in her mad haste, and cower still further within the shadow of the hedge.†
Chpt 28 *
- Only for a moment, though; the next she had cowered, like some animal doubled up within itself.†
Chpt 28cowered = showed fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- With a wild shriek, she sprang to her feet, and darted round the rock, against which she had been cowering; she saw the little red gleam through the chinks of the hut; she ran up to it and fell against its wooden walls, which she began to hammer with clenched fists in an almost maniacal frenzy, while she shouted,— "Armand!†
Chpt 30cowering = showing fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
Definition:
show fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit