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[ kawr-nerd ] / ˈkɔr nərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cornered ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving corners (usually used in combination): a six-cornered room. having a given number of positions; sided (usually used in combination): a four-cornered debate. forced into an awkward, embarrassing, or inescapable position: a cornered debater; a cornered fox. Origin of corneredMiddle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at corner, -ed3 OTHER WORDS FROM corneredun·cor·nered, adjectiveWords nearby corneredcorner, cornerback, Corner Brook, corner cabinet, corner chair, cornered, corner kick, cornerman, cornerstone, corner table, corner the market Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for corneredAlastair Sim had jowls like melting candle wax, a snarl like a cornered cat and eyes cold with contempt. How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Putin is cornered, according to Saakashvili, which is why he is lashing out. U.S. Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Move to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland|Josh Rogin|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST By acquiring WhatsApp, Facebook has cornered the mobile-messaging market in North America and Europe. WhatsApp Experiences Massive Outage Days After Facebook Acquisition, Internet Blames Zuckerberg|Marlow Stern|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Got to the point where Onstad boiled over, cornered Johnny, bawled him out. The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cornered near Big Bear Lake, he took his own life after a shootout with law officers. The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST And I used John's name when he cornered me, because I remembered him, and how kind he'd been. The Wishing-Ring Man|Margaret Widdemer A raw fish, cornered in the shallows and scooped out, furnished one of the best meals he had ever tasted. The Time Traders|Andre Norton The lion was outwardly a gentle lion, pleasant when cornered, but seldom cornered. August First|Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray She thought for a terrible minute, which seemed ages long to her, that she was cornered now. The Girl from Montana|Grace Livingston Hill Deacon Daniel was evidently not to be cornered, and I came away without any assurance of amendment on his part. The Diary of a Saint|Arlo Bates
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