crouch
Example Sentences
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The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Seen through this lens, the Monroe Doctrine was more a defensive crouch than the posture of a global hegemon.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Hank’s not wrong that a man in his defensive crouch can’t exonerate himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
The truck began to crouch in its stance, sinking toward the ground.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
I help Marion through, and we crouch behind a bush.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing crouch
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