cornered

How To Use cornered In A Sentence

• Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
• Edward de Bono has seemingly cornered the market, and publishers are reluctant to try to take on the champ.
• For instance, I didn't recall the cornered man in the second scenario saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt.
• Sophia set her face in a mulish expression as she cornered Mina in her parlour.
• Miguel glared back like a cornered rat, lifting himself up with the stick.
• Having cornered him and pinned him to the ground they pumped five bullets into his head at close range.
• The flowering Rush, or water gladiole, which grows by the banks of rivers is called botanically "butomus," from the Greek, _bous_, an ox, and _temno_, to cut, because the sharp edges of the erect three-cornered leaf-blades wound the cattle which come in contact with them, or try to eat them. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
• The dog cornered the rat.
• Now we see the savagery of the cornered beast at 2 percent.
• His eyelashes flickered into life as he looked up again a shy, delicate glance, like a cornered deer.