Cowered [verb]

Many of the women began to weep; the men sat and cowered as each blow fell.

The man raved and stormed, and she, although a fury to every one else, cowered in silence under his wrath.

It caught us, that wave of damp and darkness, and rolled over us and crushed us down as we cowered.

He sat down in a recess and cowered below the parapet for shelter, waiting for he knew not what.

They cowered about, whispering, taking no notice of the new serving-man who had appeared in the night.

It drew sustainment from the dead hand in his grasp, and cowered down to the earth claiming all we touch.

The wretch cowered beneath the planter's gaze, and essayed to deny his identity, but his voice died in his throat.

Writhing—shrinking, still more terrified than hurt, the poor child cowered beneath the lash.

It was revealing in men who had till now cowered before the might of kingship a power greater than the might of kings.

Dahlia sent one quivering look up at her, and cowered lower in her chair near the window.