Crossword clues for cornered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corner \Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.]
To drive into a corner.
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
Cornered \Cor"nered\ (-n?rd), p. a. 1 Having corners or angles.
2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: corner)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Cornered is a 1945 film noir starring Dick Powell and directed by Edward Dmytryk. This is the second teaming of Powell and Dmytryk (after Murder, My Sweet). Many scenes shot by cinematographer Harry J. Wild and Dmytryk stand out as classic film noir. The screenplay was written by John Paxton with uncredited help from Ben Hecht.
Cornered is the name of:
- Cornered (1924 film), a 1924 silent film
- Cornered (1945 film), a 1945 film noir starring Dick Powell
- Cornered! (film), a 2010 horror film starring Steve Guttenberg
- Cornered (comic), a comic strip
- "Cornered" (Breaking Bad), a season four episode of Breaking Bad
Cornered is a single panel style comic strip by Mike Baldwin. It was launched on April 1, 1996. On dailies, Cornered usually has characters' dialogue below the panel, whereas on Sundays the characters' dialogue is often in speaking bubbles. Everybody, including animals, wears glasses.
Category:Canadian comic strips
"Cornered" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 39th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 21, 2011.
Cornered is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William Beaudine. It is considered to be a lost. The story was filmed again in 1930, this time as a talkie called Road to Paradise. It was also directed by Beaudine.
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.