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Recent Examples of crouched
When The Times connected with Reyes, she was crouched down backstage at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College in the Bronx.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Jones’ wife Marie came out to the mound for the first pitch with daughters Jami and Staci, who threw the ball to Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman crouched behind the plate.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 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
Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Jones’ wife Marie came out to the mound for the first pitch with daughters Jami and Staci, who threw the ball to Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman crouched behind the plate.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouched
Verb
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Molly was huddled underneath the waterfall, just a few meters from the rocky spot where her owner had fallen.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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The clip showed Molly huddled and shivering near the rocks before a rescuer grabbed her.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 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
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“Crouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouched. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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