At bay

Usage examples of cornered.

True to his service, the agent uttered disjointed sentences - his recollections of the statements which Birdy Zelker had made when cornered.

She saw Collum and Brandl with their backs to a blank stretch of wall, cornered by the snapping, snarling creatures that crouched sinuously before them.

Moreover, the Deconstructionists are playing the Ritz, one of the modeling agencies is sponsoring a bash for Muscular Dystrophy at Magique and Natalie has cornered a chunk of the Gross National Product of Bolivia.

Later, lit by perfumed candles in a tapestried upper chamber, Lord Diegan chose his moment and cornered Lysaer before the prince called his valet to retire.

Inevitably, Eberhard cornered her in the abandoned warehouse on Blue Magnolia Lane.

I clutch my bundle with all my cornered might -- and then all at once, I twist about, and bolt through, struggling, jarred by their fists on my pajamaed shoulders.

When I cornered an Inuk and asked how fair the HBCs prices really were, he was lost for an answer because there was no alternative outlet to match quotes against.

When Briga learned of this, she cornered Elen in the stillroom one afternoon and scolded her mistress severely, forgetting in her concern that she was only a servant.

Warco wipeout in the Everglades when Hal Brognola and April Rose cornered him during a quiet dinner at Stony Man Farm.

Cornered and blindsided by the low, husky voice, her throat constricted with an oppressive dread.

Scott Burrows cornered Claudine in the staff cafeteria, easing uninvited into the vacant seat at her table.

A brown bear might come roaring down the hill, hurling itself upon the cabin as if the shelter were some elk, but black bears were shy creatures by nature, far from aggressive unless cornered, or defending their cubs.

His rad-ruined face showed all the intelligence of a fencepost and all the friendliness of a cornered rattlesnake.

Thev killed several rats cruelly, using rakes with sharp prongs to spear therii, and then one large rat became cornered.

McVey cornered Gideon Steel, who was sulking quietly by the punch bowl.