crouch
Example Sentences
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As I crouched behind a rippling fountain, stretching and contorting my body to attain the correct angle, I began to wonder, “Do the Lumineers think I’m some kind of a lunatic?”
From Los Angeles Times
To my right, an elderly man crouched, covering his wife.
Zoo docents hovered nearby to answer questions while parents crouched beside their toddlers and pointed to similarities with the apes’ hands and feet.
From Los Angeles Times
She looked over at me, still crouched over.
From Literature
Now, Pope John believed, it was time to leave that defensive crouch and boldly proclaim Jesus as “the light of the nations.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
