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Recent Examples of crouched
Silvestro crouched down to take a look.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in Chicago on September 26, was crouched behind a van when an agent took aim from a safe perch behind a chain link fence.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
People stood, crouched and leaned against cars, eating shawarma, nihari burgers, kunafa and stretchy ice cream.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Bhakta and his friends stayed inside, crouched down, until police arrived.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
Ten minutes before the start of Daniel Radcliffe’s one-man show on Broadway, Every Brilliant Thing, the actor is crouched in the aisle.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
There is a drawing of a child crouched on a ride-on suitcase, notes for a joke Fleming posted online in January.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Her husband pushed her into the bathroom while others crouched down in the hallway.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 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
Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in Chicago on September 26, was crouched behind a van when an agent took aim from a safe perch behind a chain link fence.
—Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
People stood, crouched and leaned against cars, eating shawarma, nihari burgers, kunafa and stretchy ice cream.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Bhakta and his friends stayed inside, crouched down, until police arrived.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
Ten minutes before the start of Daniel Radcliffe’s one-man show on Broadway, Every Brilliant Thing, the actor is crouched in the aisle.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
There is a drawing of a child crouched on a ride-on suitcase, notes for a joke Fleming posted online in January.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Her husband pushed her into the bathroom while others crouched down in the hallway.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouched
Verb
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The three of us squeezed into our bedroom closet and huddled over my phone.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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The three huddled and came up with an idea for a mural showcasing Chiefs eras, homage to the team’s history from coach Hank Stram’s leadership in the ‘60s and ‘70s to current stars Mahomes and Kelce (not to mention Reid).—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 20,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His skin looks all messed up and he's hunched over in pain, hearing noises.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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Balancing a MacBook Pro precariously on a cement rail, Villareal hunched over the machine and scrolled through lines of code.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Crouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouched. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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