All 4 Uses of
cower
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- Not only the little boy, Jackson or Pierrot, would be cowering—so too would the extra help from the village.†
Chpt 1 *cowering = showing fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- Meanwhile he had cowered in a ditch with his head in a culvert and caught the shrapnel in his side.†
Chpt 2cowered = showed fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- At the shrill whine of the bomb everyone cowered on the ground.†
Chpt 2
- Each dive brought every man, cornered and cowering, to face his execution.†
Chpt 2cowering = showing fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
Definitions:
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(1)
(cower) show fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In classic literature, cower may also mean to crouch or curl up without any hint of fear.