cower
verb (used without object)
to crouch, as in fear or shame.
are cowering
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present progressiveof cower.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Unsurprisingly, bonds - so many investors' asset class of choice this year - are cowering at the prospect.
From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2023
If you have understocked your Halloween candy and are cowering in your dark apartment waiting for the neighborhood children to stop knocking, you might want something scary to pass the time.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Or if the vampires get stuck out in the daylight and are cowering inside a shadowy place nearly sizzling to death while the human film crew just stands there, completely fine?
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2019
But retail executives — not just at Walmart — are cowering.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2017
As with this building, so with you, O man, cowering from wrath, as these walls are cowering.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
