Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of squatted
Kay squatted by a monitor, bobbing his head to the beat.
—
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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, 28 Aug. 2025
The 6-4, 325-pound Orange, who spent much of his offseason refining his diet, has benched 450 pounds, squatted 650 and cleaned 365.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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, 28 Aug. 2025
The 6-4, 325-pound Orange, who spent much of his offseason refining his diet, has benched 450 pounds, squatted 650 and cleaned 365.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatted
Verb
-
In the basement studio of the New Ballet in San Jose, a single figure crouched in a low lunge lifts his head, unfolding upwards like a flower turning toward a rising sun.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
-
Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
The building where De Quincey and the nameless little girl huddled together under a scrap of rug and an old sofa cover has since been demolished, replaced by a Barclays bank.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
-
Puppet lovers are all huddled at the Allerton Hotel on the Magnificent Mile and traipsing off to watch shows all over the city, at venues from the Studebaker Theater to the Chopin to the Biograph.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Squatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatted. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
