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Recent Examples of crouch
One sunny weekend morning, Jaron found her in a bad temper, crouched on the porch floor in front of the door with a black crayon in her hand.
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Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Sir Hew was crouched on the shingle.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
If the animal appears scared or defensive, such as crouching, hissing, growling, or retreating, back off and call animal control or a local rescue.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Polyester is moisture-wicking, breathable, lightweight, and wrinkle-resistant, and elastane offers the stretch that golfers need when bombing drives down the fairway and crouching down to read putts.
—Kevin Gray, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2025
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Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Sir Hew was crouched on the shingle.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
If the animal appears scared or defensive, such as crouching, hissing, growling, or retreating, back off and call animal control or a local rescue.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Polyester is moisture-wicking, breathable, lightweight, and wrinkle-resistant, and elastane offers the stretch that golfers need when bombing drives down the fairway and crouching down to read putts.
—Kevin Gray, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouch
Verb
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Princess Kate, Prince William and the students were seen huddling together to hide from the downpour.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The event was broadcast live on YouTube, and groups of people sat on the grassy lawn in front of the Capitol huddled together around their phones, listening to the survivors, whose voices echoed across the wide square.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tendons, ligaments and muscles naturally shorten with time, which results in stiff joints and people being hunched over and shuffling around.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Homeless after impulsively signing herself out of the institution, Maria Angeles hatches a plan to squat in secret in her beloved apartment.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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