Sentences with phrase «cowered by»

«We will, therefore, not be intimidated or cowered by mannerless hoodlums whose stock - in - trade is gangsterism and terrorism,» he noted.

«We shall not be moved, we shall not be harassed... beaten intimidated, brutalised and cowered by police violence, to stop our campaign for a new voters register,» he vowed.

It's not an easy situation but don't be cowered by it, get out there and show people what you're about.

They all cowered by his desk, like they had practiced in drills, and Kelsey noticed that her teacher didn't run in behind her.

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But here's what this data really means: Each year, nearly every student at an American public school is trained to cower under a desk or run for their lives to avoid being murdered by a gunman.

«Our treasury rifled; our credit shaken; the poor laborer asking vainly for his honest wages day after day; the rich official reveling in disreputable gains; an enormous debt heaped upon us we know not how; our schools decaying, our teachers cowering before their Catholic masters; our press, when it ventures to complain, threatened with violence or insulted by offered bribes; the interests of the city neglected, its honorable reputation gone.»

Nobody ever found out where the deep end starts by cowering in the shallows.

The whole systematic structure of the Kabbalah is determined by a principle of certitude which hardly ever stops short, hardly ever cowers with terror, hardly ever prostrates itself.

RD.. How path - et - ic to see your hate and fear driving you to death...!?! Man pull your self together and have the courage to face the returns of your deeds... Wars were always there in life whether were religious or not so stop doing it on your self... Beside learn to wish people well whether you agree or disagree with might you succeed in life rather than being a loser... by being a cowered... My posts were meant for the friendly people I had known for some time, whom I found they were full of compassion and not for black hearted one's like you who hate all God creations...

Being threatened by facts distorts — the religious» security of their belief system — so it is only natural to run or hide and cower away.

Arsene because he was burnt so badly by Mourinho in ’05 +» 6 he cowered away from competing for the title ever since preferring to win the top 4 trophy.

In the 92nd minute, with the last kick of the game, could he have possibly been so burdened by the thoughts of his decisive miss against Germany that he cowered in the moment again?

But why did we just visit Anfield and play a sh1t Liverpool team that's just been booted out Europe, thrashed by United, and is generally getting outplayed in every game this season only to cower away as if they're top of the league and flying?

If the English ideal is of «a player you'd want in the trenches with you» then Nasri, going by the popular characterisation, would be the opposite: cowering behind a white flag.

Policemen with riot shields moved in to quell the trouble and footage filmed by United's players showed them cowering on the floor as they coach came under attack.

Mr Portuphy said, «I am shocked, many of you in the media have been cowered down by these acts.

Alexandra Runswick, director of campaign group Unlock Democracy, meanwhile accused the Government of «cowering in the shade» of the Royal Wedding by announcing the peerages during the highly - publicised event.

But Madam Desoso who has since been slammed by party bigwigs for speaking bluntly to the former President stressed she was trained by him (Mr. Rawlings) not to cower to people's opinions she disagrees with.

I was menaced by a life - size Tyrannosaurus Rex (cowering in virtual terror as the beast stomped past / through me) and dropped onto the ledge of an 80 - story Times Square skyscraper (dropping reflexively to hands and knees and crawling backwards to safety).

By the end of the month, you won't walk into a gym and feel like cowering — you'll feel empowered.

Without a perception of yourself as strong and resilient, you'll find yourself cowering in the face of challenges; feeling intimidated by other people, and weighed down by your own fears and insecurities.

By the end of the tour I felt happy linking my arm though the Eagle's as we walked through London, and assuming a physical closeness I probably wouldn't have if I hadn't spent an hour and a half cowering at his side!

You might howl as Sin - Dee storms into a decrepit motel room full of prostitutes and cowering johns and drags Chester's little blonde thing, Dina (Mickey O'Hagan), out by her bleached hair — but you also worry she'll draw blood.

Lee Phelps has found his way into several TV movie - compilation specials thanks to his participation in two famous films of the early»30s: Phelps played the cowering speakeasy owner slapped around by Jimmy Cagney in The Public Enemy (1931), and also portrayed the waterfront waiter to whom Greta Garbo delivers her first talking - picture line («Gif me a viskey, baby... etc.») in Anna Christie (1930).

They soon find themselves in the middle of madness, where scientists cower in fear, apparently under attack from mutated creatures that are either possessed by demons or are infected with a grotesque virus.

Bullied by her foul - mouthed brother, Paulie (Burt Young), she cowers behind outdated glasses and a battered self - image.

In one scene, as two known killers are caught and attacked by dozens of raging townspeople, the unwavering depiction of these vilified monsters turning into cowering, terrified men is painful to watch.

By the halfway point, with guns still blasting, strippers cowering (yes, one of the many situations they must deal with during the day involves two armed men in a nightclub full of bikini - clad women) and Ben's video game «skills» suddenly providing clues in the big case, I'm beginning to sense the blitheness of my optimism.

, forcing the brave one to sacrifice himself, the cowardly one to cower, the leader to lead, the antagonist to antagonize, and the religious one to get turned into Brundlefly by the radiation.

She's too smart and independent to cower to demands, so she pulls a Jerry Maguire by quitting and taking most of her teammates with her, except Jane (Pill) who sees passed Liz's façade.

Instead, Lee and Evelyn sit there, cowering in silence (as they should be) while my ear drums are getting blown out by an almost Hans Zimmer-esque score.

In a movie mostly devoid of sympathy, Renfro gives a highly sympathetic performance as the fat, cowering loser, made even more affecting by the fact that, about a month after shooting wrapped, the actor died of a heroin overdose at age 25.

Hate... If there was one scene that had us cowering behind the couch, it was IRA boss Git's savage attack on Siobhan, and the justice by beer keg that followed, in season two.

by Bryant Frazer In the vignette that opens Code Unknown, a young girl in pigtails, maybe 9 or 10 years old, cowers against a plain wall, trembling before director Michael Haneke's static camera.

Upon entering Nygaard's house he finds him cowering in the bathroom, as he makes his way to him he steps on a bear trap cleverly concealed by clothes.

After all, the poster depicts him brandishing a rifle with the obligatory cowering child, hiding by his side.

The instrument binnacle features a central speedometer winged on either side by displays; the 3 dials cowering behind a small sports steering wheel, clad in leather and aluminium.

But to cower in elegant homes behind golden garden gates, fearful lest the breath of warm humankind touch you, unable to indulge in extravagances for fear they might be glimpsed by the embittered oppressed, to oppress and yet lack the courage to show yourself as an oppressor, even to fear the ones you are oppressing, feeling ill at ease in your own wealth and begrudging others their ease, to resort to disagreeable weapons that require neither true audacity nor manly courage, to have money, but only money, without splendor: That's what things look like in our cities at present

But before the end — when she and other children would be forced to cower in terror in dank bomb shelters and wartime deprivations would take a harrowing toll — Irmgard's doubts about the «truths» she had been force - fed increased, fueled by the few brave souls who had not accepted Hitler and his abominations.

This can be displayed by bunny cowering or turning away from attempts to approach them.

Some of them cowered at the back of their cage, clearly traumatised by their ordeal, while others wagged their tails nervously and even offered me a paw.

At first, they're still so full of anxiety — either cowering in the back of crates or spinning in circles or lunging at everyone who walks by.

I spoke to a customer the other day who was told by her breeder to do some pretty rough stuff with her pup... and she did it until the pup started cowering and growling at her.

This is often a question I get from dog owners who have pretty much owned a dog who cared less about being approached by a friendly stranger and now is cowering between the owner's legs.

When you notice your pet showing signs of stress (pacing, panting, cowering, trembling, etc) remove them from the situation by placing them in a dark, quiet familiar room or kennel to calm down.

Do thunderstorms send your pet cowering under the bed, pacing the house, or trembling by your side?

BOSTON, May 10, 2018 — A friendly, ghost - white cat now named «Starfish» is lucky to be alive after she was rushed to the MSPCA's Angell Animal Medical Center on April 27 by a good Samaritan who found her injured and cowering under a car in South Boston during a rain storm, the MSPCA - Angell announced today.

Dogs have been observed reacting to being shocked by yelping, struggling, hiding, cowering, trembling, urinating, and defecating.

Dogs who cowered in the corner each time a caretaker would come by their kennel were now sitting right at the door waiting for the next moment to be with their new two - legged friends.

Many dogs cower in reaction to loud sounds like those made by fireworks on the 4th of July, or thunderstorms all summer long.