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.
• Hinge at the hips to crouch low, with your right leg forward.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
• The boys were crouched in the dirt, the marbles pinging between them.
  — Tiphanie Yanique, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2019
• James crouched down beside the children again and told them not to lie.
  — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• Swift crouched down and leaned forward, handed the hat to a young fan and took her hand.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 June 2023
• So Taylor crouched on her knees and spoke to the specialist through the food-tray slot in the door.
  — Jason Pohl, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2019
• During the time the search takes, Karen remains crouched over Mrs. Pelke, holding on to the knife.
  — Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
• Many fled the scene while others crouched down to take cover.
  — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• Bullets peppered the walls next to the crouching Marines.
  — Brett Murphy, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2019
• 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
• 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
• First guard Mark Glowinski crouched down in the end zone.
  — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2019
• He was upstaged by the five large men crouched before him.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2019
• Kids who aren't in school because of the tornado crouched and watched.
  — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
• So, for once, those more famous drivers had to sit in the back, crouch down and try to enjoy the ride.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022
• The film’s many dance scenes, which required García to crouch low to the ground and slowly spin, were painful.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2021
• Aristide crouches down next to the mast and picks up a weathered rope.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• Three strode out to other parts of the continent, but one crouched in place.
  — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 11 Feb. 2020
• Before the game, the Cubs starter crouched in front of the 400-foot marker at the center-field wall to collect his thoughts.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
• Behind me a young guy was crouched beside his car parked on the side of the street, working on the left front tire.
  — Amanda Walker, al, 25 Feb. 2023
• Personnel found the mountain lion crouched next to the 21-year-old and fired their weapons to scare off the cougar.
  — Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2024
• Tatum wore a light gray onesie and looked up at his sister, then crouched down next to her.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
• Repeatedly crouching to get the lay of the land tests both knees.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
• Another photo showed the three crouched down, each with a hand on the star as the shot was taken.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
• Around mile six, Rimel stopped and crouched behind a van parked on the course to relieve herself.
  — Johanna Gretschel, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2019
• His pitch sails high, pulling out of his catcher’s crouch a college-aged man in gray sweats.
  — Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads, 15 Apr. 2020
• First responders crouched over the man and the woman, urging them to stay calm.
  — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• Stand on your left leg and crouch down while swinging your arms behind you.
  — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2020
• One was crouched down, like a catcher; the other was pitching.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024