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squatted

VERB

lower body by bending knees

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cower crouch hunch perch sit stoop

STRONG

bow roost settle

WEAK

hunker down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stand straighten

WEAK

stretch

Example Sentences

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Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Had she not squatted on a landing on her final run, she would have made the podium.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The American squatted in the dirt, struggling to free the cantaloupe from its prickly stem, almost toppling over.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

She squatted by the water to douse herself with the calabash and to wash out her dress-cloth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer