Word Finder - corner

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The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.

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An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.

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Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.  I took a trip out to his corner of town.

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A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

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On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.

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An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.

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A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.

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In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

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(heading) Relating to the playing field.

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A place where people meet for a particular purpose.

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Welcome to our English corner.

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A point scored in a rubber at whist.

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To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.

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The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.

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To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

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The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.

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To put (someone) in an awkward situation.

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To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

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It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.

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To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

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As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.

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To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

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That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.

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To supply with corners.

From the corner of her eye, she saw Alex watching her.

Two returned to his corner.

The woman smiled, creating an attractive dimple at the corner of her mouth.

They rounded the corner of the building to see a group of men lounging against the fence, watching a display that made Carmen's blood run cold.

She tucked her suspicions back into a corner of her mind.

Elisabeth pointed to the corner.

Little Giotto came out from a corner, trembling and ashamed.

He didn't answer, settling in his corner.

One day my teacher found me in a corner of the library poring over the pages of "The Scarlet Letter."

Rostov stood at that corner for a long time, watching the feast from a distance.

I stopped at a bodega on the corner and bought a bottle of merlot.

He knew he was being backed into a corner.

The man in the corner was tall with eyes that swirled gold like Damian's had.

Then one of the men went into a corner of the stage.

From the corner of her eye, she saw Yancey look sharply at Len.

There was a single mattress in one corner and a thin blanket.

The shadow named Two emerged from the corner.

She lay still, the man in the corner so silent she had to look several times to make sure he was still there.

Panic and tears soon drained her of energy, and she stared listlessly at the bloodied ceiling until the man in the corner stirred.

The man hiding in the corner of her mind, he whose death plagued Damian for thousands of years.

She joined a few others at a corner waiting to cross the street.

Deidre stopped to admire bouquets being sold on a street corner.

He stopped in front of a door near the far corner.

He strode through a curtained doorway in the corner and down a long hallway almost too narrow for either of them to fit.

His thoughts went to the door in the corner of past-Death's bedroom in the underworld.

Her heart and breathing drowning out every other sound, she raced down the hall and around a corner, sliding to a stop as she saw the men headed her way.

Drool crusted one corner of his mouth.

The inner corner is partly or entirely covered by a fold of the upper lid continuing more or less into the lower lid.

She felt that the allurements instinct had formerly taught her to use would now be merely ridiculous in the eyes of her husband, to whom she had from the first moment given herself up entirely--that is, with her whole soul, leaving no corner of it hidden from him.

The curly- headed, delicate boy sat with shining eyes unnoticed in a corner, starting every now and then and muttering something to himself, and evidently experiencing a new and powerful emotion as he turned his curly head, with his thin neck exposed by his turn-down collar, toward the place where Pierre sat.

A 55-gallon barrel stood in one corner with rags hanging over the edge.

She trailed him, slowing when she turned the corner leading to his apartments.

Darkyn stepped out of the corner where he stood and Deidre grew edgy, fear fluttering through her.

Wynn paced to the desk in one corner, pushing the papers around with frustration.

The tunnel elbowed around yet another corner.

She caught sight of a side passage out of the corner of her eye.

She cried out as he turned yet another corner and his fading yellow light receded into darkness.

She pressed herself against the warm, humming swamp cooler and turned a corner, only to come face to face with Gabriel again.

You've been backed into a corner, and you've shut out everything.

He'd turned a corner.

It was dim inside the stronghold, and the first torch they crossed that burned with black flames mesmerized her long enough for her to lose sight of Darkyn around a corner.

He was out of place, a bright light in the corner of the dimly lit room, dressed casually in jeans, T-shirt and hiking boots.

Rhyn snorted and faced the corner, making out Gabriel's eyes, which gleamed darker than a night in Hell itself.

Rhyn stared hard into Gabriel's dark corner and shook his head.

The death dealer shifted but didn't leave, and Rhyn looked again at the corner.

Toby took the lead, and the demons, Death and Gabe disappeared as Katie rounded the corner of the palace.  The angel released her and raced into the palace and up a set of stairs.  They ascended several floors, until Katie was sucking wind bad enough to stop.  Toby didn't wait for her, and she stumbled forward.  The interior of the palace was unlit, and the darkness of evening crept into the hallways.

She turned a corner and was gone.

He faced the corner, weapons drawn.

I've gotta corner me a Watcher.

A more memorable and clearly authentic monument of Theodoric is furnished by his tomb, a massive mausoleum which stands still perfect outside the walls near the north-east corner of the city.