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Definition of cornered in English: corneredadjective ˈkɔːnədˈkɔrnərd 1in combination Having a specified number of corners. young boys in six-cornered hats Example sentencesExamples - The 4-cornered box shape is an important shape to any foundation.
- With new buildings, strategically placing windows and eliminating isolated or cornered areas can all make an area safer.
- We also note that your human groups tend to build, for the most part, the cornered or square habitations — but they do not concentrate power.
- On the hill where the Bee Man had once pictured a whole village of round houses, a sharp cornered old folk's home loomed large.
- At the Federal election there was a 3-cornered contest in the vacant seat of Moncrieff.
- The earth is a four cornered slab.
- Because when your head is down you forget that there is a heavy and sharp cornered mahogany shelf right about where you've placed your forehead.
- If you have the older, round cornered panels, there is now a poly panel cap available that will make your panels safer for horses.
- It's second only to "baby tries to walk and falls down, slamming face into sharp cornered end table."
- 1.1 Having a specified number of parties involved.
a three-cornered meeting was being arranged in Hong Kong Example sentencesExamples - Next month's National Assembly election will see a five-cornered contest for the Ceredigion seat in Cardiff Bay.
- In 3 - cornered contests it helps Labor, as in these seats, Labor generally has the higher primary vote.
2(of a person or animal) forced into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape. nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast Example sentencesExamples - He's no longer the cornered teenager lashing out reactively.
- Like a cornered animal, I've got nothing to lose.
- Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
- Nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast.
- What police are now prepared for is a shoot-out with cornered suspects who have already made clear their willingness to die for their cause.
- A gloomy-looking man at the best of times, Clarke looked like a miserable, cornered beast.
- He looked like a cornered deer.
- No reason for his heart to be thudding like a cornered stag's.
- Note he, of course, is more the terrified, cornered rat than ever.
- Question is will we meet a sleeping giant or a cornered rat fighting desperately for survival?"
- Jane laughed at the cornered look in her sister's face.
- Now we see the savagery of the cornered beast at 2 percent.
- She was sobbing now, paralyzed like a cornered rabbit knowing she was doomed.
- His jump may have been the desperate reaction of any cornered animal.
- We're dealing with a terrified, vicious, cornered rat.
- The image of Magna Carta being grudgingly given by a cornered tyrant still remains.
- Australian captain Ricky Ponting warned of a backlash from his cornered players in the do or die encounter against England on Saturday.
- For instance, I didn't recall the cornered man in the second scenario saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt.
- She crouched like a cornered animal, her face hidden by the disarranged mass of her hair.
- The way they are excited, they are like cornered animals.
Definition of cornered in US English: corneredadjectiveˈkɔrnərdˈkôrnərd 1Having a specified number of places or angles where the edges or sides meet. young boys in six-cornered hats Example sentencesExamples - The earth is a four cornered slab.
- If you have the older, round cornered panels, there is now a poly panel cap available that will make your panels safer for horses.
- On the hill where the Bee Man had once pictured a whole village of round houses, a sharp cornered old folk's home loomed large.
- At the Federal election there was a 3-cornered contest in the vacant seat of Moncrieff.
- The 4-cornered box shape is an important shape to any foundation.
- We also note that your human groups tend to build, for the most part, the cornered or square habitations — but they do not concentrate power.
- Because when your head is down you forget that there is a heavy and sharp cornered mahogany shelf right about where you've placed your forehead.
- It's second only to "baby tries to walk and falls down, slamming face into sharp cornered end table."
- With new buildings, strategically placing windows and eliminating isolated or cornered areas can all make an area safer.
- 1.1 Having a specified number of parties involved.
a three-cornered meeting was being arranged in Hong Kong Example sentencesExamples - Next month's National Assembly election will see a five-cornered contest for the Ceredigion seat in Cardiff Bay.
- In 3 - cornered contests it helps Labor, as in these seats, Labor generally has the higher primary vote.
2(of a person or animal) forced into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape. nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast Example sentencesExamples - No reason for his heart to be thudding like a cornered stag's.
- He's no longer the cornered teenager lashing out reactively.
- He looked like a cornered deer.
- The way they are excited, they are like cornered animals.
- A gloomy-looking man at the best of times, Clarke looked like a miserable, cornered beast.
- We're dealing with a terrified, vicious, cornered rat.
- The image of Magna Carta being grudgingly given by a cornered tyrant still remains.
- Jane laughed at the cornered look in her sister's face.
- Australian captain Ricky Ponting warned of a backlash from his cornered players in the do or die encounter against England on Saturday.
- Nothing is more dangerous than a cornered wild beast.
- For instance, I didn't recall the cornered man in the second scenario saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt.
- Now we see the savagery of the cornered beast at 2 percent.
- She was sobbing now, paralyzed like a cornered rabbit knowing she was doomed.
- Underachievers, they were known for losing the mildest battle of nerves, not a cornered tiger among them.
- She crouched like a cornered animal, her face hidden by the disarranged mass of her hair.
- His jump may have been the desperate reaction of any cornered animal.
- What police are now prepared for is a shoot-out with cornered suspects who have already made clear their willingness to die for their cause.
- Note he, of course, is more the terrified, cornered rat than ever.
- Like a cornered animal, I've got nothing to lose.
- Question is will we meet a sleeping giant or a cornered rat fighting desperately for survival?"
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