crouching

Example Sentences

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She sort of darts into frame, or she’s crouching, even the movement of her hands as she’s reenacting what might have happened.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Images circulating on Mexican media showed man in a checked shirt on the pyramid as visitors appeared to be crouching at the foot of the Pyramid of the Moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Now, when we approach kids crowding the sidewalk, a curbside puddle or a dog crouching to pee, I stop and extend my arm like Sir Walter Raleigh, offering Sarah the right of first passage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

I didn’t have time to move back to my room before Rose was at the door, the candle she carried throwing my crouching shadow and her standing shadow into knots on the floor.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline