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 Right then, crouched on the floor of MacDowell’s Cheney studio, Luise discovered a whole new way of working. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Cora was crouched next to the oven when Sam found her. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 In a video shared by media agency Nashville Experience on Instagram, Urban crouched down to ask a fan her name while interacting with the crowd, but was caught off guard by her response. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2025 Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crouch
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Verb
  • In the weeks that followed, Farber and his teammates huddled, brainstorming ways to support Ben.
    Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The spruces huddled defensively, as if expecting hard times, and the birch and aspen waved white, ineffectual arms at the snapping November wind.
    Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • His hands were cragged and bent from arthritis and years hunched over a keyboard.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sean Grayson, 31, sat in the courtroom hunched in his chair and appeared to plug his ears during the part of the video that included audio of shots being fired at Massey.
    Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • The husband stood numbly by, watching Qing Yuan complete the form, then shuffled out to squat against the wall to smoke.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Maintaining the tugboat became cumbersome, and three Zizian members opted to move into box trucks before squatting in a Bay Area trailer lot owned by Curtis Lind, then age 80, a former shipworker and grandfather of four.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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