Cornering

"Cornering" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Cornering him in an argument is easy—like taking candy from a baby.

The men gathered around Gunter, cornering him.

We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]

1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice.

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