| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I cower |
| you cower |
| he/she/it cowers |
| we cower |
| you all cower |
| they cower |
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| I am cowering |
| you are cowering |
| he/she/it is cowering |
| we are cowering |
| you all are cowering |
| they are cowering |
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| I have cowered |
| you have cowered |
| he/she/it has cowered |
| we have cowered |
| you all have cowered |
| they have cowered |
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| I have been cowering |
| you have been cowering |
| he/she/it has been cowering |
| we have been cowering |
| you all have been cowering |
| they have been cowering |
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| Past |
| I cowered |
| you cowered |
| he/she/it cowered |
| we cowered |
| you all cowered |
| they cowered |
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| I was cowering |
| you were cowering |
| he/she/it was cowering |
| we were cowering |
| you all were cowering |
| they were cowering |
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| I had cowered |
| you had cowered |
| he/she/it had cowered |
| we had cowered |
| you all had cowered |
| they had cowered |
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| I had been cowering |
| you had been cowering |
| he/she/it had been cowering |
| we had been cowering |
| you all had been cowering |
| they had been cowering |
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| Future |
| I will cower |
| you will cower |
| he/she/it will cower |
| we will cower |
| you all will cower |
| they will cower |
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| I will be cowering |
| you will be cowering |
| he/she/it will be cowering |
| we are cowering |
| you all will be cowering |
| they will be cowering |
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| I will have cowered |
| you will have cowered |
| he/she/it will have cowered |
| we will have cowered |
| you all will have cowered |
| they will have cowered |
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| I will have been cowering |
| you will have been cowering |
| he/she/it will have been cowering |
| we will have been cowering |
| you all will have been cowering |
| they will have been cowering |
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