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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cornered her" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone was prevented from leaving or escaping a particular area. For example, "The police quickly cornered her in the alleyway and arrested her."
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The next time, he cornered her alone in the hall when she was on work duty, mopping the floor.
He had cornered her by the jukebox and gazed down at her earnestly — the earnestness itself a surprise.
At one protest, a journalism student cornered her and asked if she ever got tired of picketing.
"A few girls cornered her in a locker room and beat her up," says Nicole.
The next day a different man cornered her outside the supermarket.
So he cornered her at an official reception and asked why.
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Another, an aspiring actress, was always cornering her for advice.
"He's absolutely meticulous about cornering her," Shaw says.
The janitor began cornering her in the supply closet and violently forcing her to perform oral sex, she said.
The increasingly feisty Mr Steinmeier will try to corner her when the two meet in a televised debate on September 13th.
"I would corner her and talk for two hours," he said.
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