crouching

Example Sentences

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She sort of darts into frame, or she’s crouching, even the movement of her hands as she’s reenacting what might have happened.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Now, when we approach kids crowding the sidewalk, a curbside puddle or a dog crouching to pee, I stop and extend my arm like Sir Walter Raleigh, offering Sarah the right of first passage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Ball kids placed their hands on their feet - instead of the court - to avoid burning their palms when crouching at the net post.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Then we saw one person crouching down on a small steep hill, and we immediately stopped and asked if the desert lilies were blooming.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Chase, Nicole, and Rashawn were standing — crouching, actually, so they wouldn’t get blown off the road — about thirty feet from the largest gator any of them had ever seen.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith