The girl was cowering against the wall, one hand to her face as she watched Rennie open the door and drag the man's body to the landing outside.

The girl saw him coming and cowered back.

A vicious struggle surged in near-darkness around the broken cage while the girl, still weak and helpless, cowered.

The girl cowered against her mother's breast, small fists clenched around her shells.

The girls cowered behind Smash, who was mostly covered by a nice snow blanket, so that little of him showed.

The girl cowered from his anger, pulling as far as she could reach from the held wrist.

The girl winced and cowered against the far wall of the pen.

The Corinthian girl still cowered on the gallery where he had left her.

As my eyes became accustomed to the dimness I saw that some hundred and fifty girls were cowering in terror against the wall.

Both girls burst into sobs and cowered as the women stalked forward to drag them away.