Sentence examples for is cornered from inspiring English sources
noun
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The Prime Minister is cornered.
"I think North Korea is cornered, and anyone who is cornered will strike back".
But to some extent it is cornered.
"When an evil person is cornered, he surrenders.
The regime is cornered and it will do anything to stay in power".
Hamas is cornered, unpopular at home and boxed in as tightly as ever by both Egypt and Israel.
"Politically, Tsipras is cornered and the big question is how will he react?" said the political analyst Pandelis Kapsis.
They also worry that if Mr. Hussein senses he is cornered, they would be vulnerable to chemical or biological attacks.
He feels that the moment fire, blood, runs in the streets, the movement is cornered: it loses the support of the broader public.
But, just when you feel that Reeves is cornered, like a tiger he comes out fighting and tips the balance back his way.
Mr. Barbalho has replied in kind, calling his rival a bully and a corrupt blackmailer "who, anytime he is cornered, claims to have a dossier on everybody".
