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squatted

VERB

lower body by bending knees

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cower crouch hunch perch sit stoop

STRONG

bow roost settle

WEAK

hunker down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stand straighten

WEAK

stretch

Example Sentences

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Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Had she not squatted on a landing on her final run, she would have made the podium.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Behind the plate squatted Freddie Freeman, the walk-off hero in Game 1 of last year’s Fall Classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

For a moment he stared in a daze at the coins, but before the kid could go after them he squatted down with concentration and picked up the money.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers