low posture

They may lick their lips, adopt a low posture, and potentially have their tail under their legs.

Journalists honed in on the archetype of eccentric genius, recycling the details of his absurdly low posture at the keyboard and the old sawn-off chair that allowed him to maintain it.

Concerned that Moscow may have been emboldened by his "low posture," Nixon has been going out of his way to pronounce his determination to use U.S. power, where and when necessary.

Pacific Edwin Reischauer, former Ambassador to Japan, that the U.S. adopt a "lower profile," or what the Japanese call a "low posture."

As for Nixon, he is running a campaign that is markedly similar to Goldwater's in 1964�striking a low posture to avoid overexposure, and all the while rounding up the state and county chairmen whose votes often determine the nominees.