Thesaurus results for CROUCH

crouch

verb

ˈkrau̇ch

as in to huddle

to lie low with the limbs close to the body the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk

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Recent Examples of crouch Her husband pushed her into the bathroom while others crouched down in the hallway. —

Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 Cluely’s offices were in a generally disheveled corner of the city, crouching near an elevated freeway. —

Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 There is no need to crouch down to adjust the cutting height, as all functions are controlled from a sitting position. —

Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026 Inside a drop-like form with a long, straight tail is the lower part of a human body, crouched and holding its knees below a large sphere with an open perforation at the top. —

Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crouch

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But everyone else stripped down to their bathing suits, huddling in the heated confines of a womb-like space.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
But his wife’s family lives in Beit Shemesh, where a direct hit Sunday killed nine people huddled in a bomb shelter — the largest single death toll of any strike since Iran’s counterattack began.

— Matt Bradley, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026