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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

Gordon asked the judge if he could have five minutes, during which he squatted in a corner of the video link room at HMP Belmarsh and appeared to debate with himself.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

Behind the plate squatted Freddie Freeman, the walk-off hero in Game 1 of last year’s Fall Classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Two accounts on Instagram called the Camden Art Cafe and Autonomous Winter Shelter have posted about a "new squatted community space" at the York & Albany hotel.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

Lupita squatted in the bushes until she heard the orchestra start up again.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty