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crouch

verb as in stoop low; cringe

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He was practicing holding his body in a crouch, with his arms straight out behind, before jumping skis-and-all into the air.

He bends down into the crouch that raisin farmers assume when they are about to examine their crop.

Deneen believes that conservatism is in a “defensive crouch” — and has been so “since its rise in the 20th century.”

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It moves in a half crouch, dragging one knee along the ground.

It’s the first time reinforcement learning has been used to teach a two-legged robot how to walk from scratch, including the ability to walk in a crouch and while carrying an unexpected load.

Eyes red and prison muscles bulging, a tattooed white man behind me jumped to his feet from a crouch and swatted me aside.

Democrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.

Don dropped the skillet, jumped into a crouch, went for his gun.

There was barely room to crouch, let alone lie down and sleep.

Malheiro says that whoever claimed Crouch confirmed the cases of Krokodil “got her statements wrong.”

Now it seemed to crouch as though ready to spring, and I could hear the savage growling as of some beast of prey.

I straightened out of my crouch, forced myself not to reveal what I had just seen.

She continued to crouch on the steps, holding her breath and stiffening herself into complete immobility.

He raised his saber in salute—the only fencing-movement he'd become proficient in—and jumped into a crouch.

So there she sat, ready to crouch down into her hiding-place, if she heard a noise from her enemy.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crouch, such as: bend, cower, grovel, huddle, hunch, and kneel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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