How to Use crouch in a Sentence

crouch

verb
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  • The lion crouched in the tall grass, waiting to attack the gazelle.
  • She crouched down, trying to get a closer look at the spider.
  • The three helpers crouched in a line in front of the basket.
    — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Next to him, Kyle Farmer crouched and gave a thumbs up.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 May 2024
  • Then, partway through the flight, a man crouched in the aisle next to her seat.
    — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Bulls crouch down low to pick things up and toss them at a height.
    — Rob Curran, WSJ, 6 May 2018
  • The people in chairs or standing crouched or fell to the ground.
    — Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • Hinge at the hips to crouch low, with your right leg forward.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Bloom crouched down at the front, also with a big open grin.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • The deputies spotted the drag trail through the brush and followed it to the cat, still crouched over Taylen’s body.
    — Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • When Mayhand crouched down to get in the back seat, she was shot twice.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 14 June 2017
  • The boys were crouched in the dirt, the marbles pinging between them.
    — Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The phone still at his ear, Dev crouched to the floor, his head cradled in the crook of his elbow.
    — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The people in the stands behind him also crouched as screams rang through the crowd.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
  • James crouched down beside the children again and told them not to lie.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Swift crouched down and leaned forward, handed the hat to a young fan and took her hand.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 June 2023
  • The left-hander crouched on the mound and then trudged off after Alfaro’s slam in the sixth.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The artist emerged crouched on the hood of a muscle car, moody and looking downward.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • So Taylor crouched on her knees and spoke to the specialist through the food-tray slot in the door.
    — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Tommy Cabe pulled a pipe from the leather pouch attached to his belt, lit it and crouched close to the ground.
    — Leigh Ann Henion, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The students in the footage were crouched in a corner, nothing between them and the door.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2018
  • During the time the search takes, Karen remains crouched over Mrs. Pelke, holding on to the knife.
    — Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Cox, Ryan Bundy and singer Victoria Sharp were crouched in the back seat of the truck at the roadblock.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The footage shows Abby in action, first with a solemn lone shot of her crouched by a gravesite.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Many fled the scene while others crouched down to take cover.
    — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Bullets peppered the walls next to the crouching Marines.
    — Brett Murphy, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Having to kind of bend over and crouch over is just a unique challenge for this one.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Always, crouching just in and out of sight, there was Bob.
    — Jesse Dorris, Slate Magazine, 3 May 2017
  • Nicholas Montes put on goggles and a catcher’s mitt and crouched.
    — Ronald Blum, The Seattle Times, 9 July 2017
  • That’s Elsbeth, who must crouch and sneak through a forest of legs to get to her crime scene.
    — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

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