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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

Gordon asked the judge if he could have five minutes, during which he squatted in a corner of the video link room at HMP Belmarsh and appeared to debate with himself.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

Instead of of keeping his distance from the pile, he squatted, reached out and lit it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

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

There was a long line of men waiting; I squatted some distance away.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya