crouching

And even more children will come home from school, haunted by the memory of crouching in silence, pressed against the corner of a dimly lit room during “active-shooter drills.”

"He was in the corner of the lounge with his hands on his head, crouching in the corner and just sobbing. He was repeating 'I don't know what's the matter with me'."

Friday’s eventual win over the Pittsburgh Pirates began with newest Dodger Legend Dusty Baker throwing out the first pitch to Betts, who looked rather nifty crouching behind home plate with a catcher’s mitt and…

As the first pop rang out, Trump said, “Oh,” raised his hand to his right ear and looked at it, before quickly crouching behind his lectern.

Mostly they move in loose unison: sinking, crouching, clumping; stumbling, circling, fleeing with nowhere to go.