How to Use crouch in a Sentence

crouch

verb

• The lion crouched in the tall grass, waiting to attack the gazelle.
• She crouched down, trying to get a closer look at the spider.
• Bulls crouch down low to pick things up and toss them at a height.
  — Rob Curran, WSJ, 6 May 2018
• The girl must have been crouched down and gotten the gun.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• Hinge at the hips to crouch low, with your right leg forward.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
• Sir Hew was crouched on the shingle.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
• Then, partway through the flight, a man crouched in the aisle next to her seat.
  — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
• The girl crouches because there is no room to stand.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
• Many fled the scene while others crouched down to take cover.
  — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• The people in chairs or standing crouched or fell to the ground.
  — Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
• Silvestro crouched down to take a look.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• James crouched down beside the children again and told them not to lie.
  — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• Later in the footage, a cat shows up, crouched near the iguana.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
• When Mayhand crouched down to get in the back seat, she was shot twice.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 14 June 2017
• Having to kind of bend over and crouch over is just a unique challenge for this one.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2021
• Swift crouched down and leaned forward, handed the hat to a young fan and took her hand.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 June 2023
• Every few feet, the cats stopped and sat on their hindquarters, or crouched down out of sight.
  — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
• Smooth guides her through some deep breaths as Vale crouches down to check in with her stars.
  — Inna Shnayder, Allure, 28 June 2018
• Nicholas Montes put on goggles and a catcher’s mitt and crouched.
  — Ronald Blum, The Seattle Times, 9 July 2017
• The boys were crouched in the dirt, the marbles pinging between them.
  — Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
• Kids who aren't in school because of the tornado crouched and watched.
  — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Three strode out to other parts of the continent, but one crouched in place.
  — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 11 Feb. 2020
• Peters crouched down and used a little body language to try to coax the ball fair.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
• The people in the stands behind him also crouched as screams rang through the crowd.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
• Rivera crouched in pain after getting hit on the right wrist but remained in the game.
  — Associated Press, courant.com, 29 May 2017
• The artist emerged crouched on the hood of a muscle car, moody and looking downward.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
• Hien, crouched over the blaze and dripping with sweat, has exhausted the cash.
  — 1843, 22 Aug. 2019
• Others are seen in the video crouching down in stands, some filming the melee with cell phones.
  — USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
• The footage shows Abby in action, first with a solemn lone shot of her crouched by a gravesite.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
• That’s Elsbeth, who must crouch and sneak through a forest of legs to get to her crime scene.
  — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024