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Meanings of crouched in English
Synonyms
Examples for "huddled"
Examples for "huddled"
1
The women huddled together in terror while the men seized their guns.
2
They've all been huddled in the room for the last several days.
3
The children huddled in the pantry, the strongest room in the house.
4
In response, an instant outcry of social media support huddled around Lee.
5
The dead leaves of her hopes were all huddled in the hollow.
1
Here, crouching in the screening bushes, Bert placed the bomb in position.
2
The trap door was closed; Anita and I were crouching on it.
3
Then turning again to the crouching figure in the bushes, she said:
4
At this moment the child crouching in the snow began to sob.
5
He felt Fuzzy crouching in a tight frightened lump in his pocket.
1
Biologists later followed P-64's movements over several miles before it hunkered down.
2
He went into the main room and hunkered down beside the body.
3
The police approached Titus and Harry cautiously, hunkered low, their weapons raised.
4
Residents of large cities and small towns hunkered down against the storm.
5
Ianto hunkered down to check, and discovered a scattering of fine sand.
1
Biologists later followed P-64's movements over several miles before it hunkered down.
2
He went into the main room and hunkered down beside the body.
3
Residents of large cities and small towns hunkered down against the storm.
4
Ianto hunkered down to check, and discovered a scattering of fine sand.
5
Ralph is hunkered down next door in a state of abject terror.
Usage of crouched in English
1
They crouched soundless and immobile for several long minutes, but nothing happened.
2
The crowd surged forward to meet it, short steps, crouched, weapons moving.
3
He ducked behind one of the sea chests and crouched there, quaking.
4
We crouched in a big trench in muddy water behind the bank.
5
Two of the aliens paddled while a third crouched in the bow.
6
I crouched near the heating cube, turning its conductive power to maximum.
7
Gurney crouched, dagger in hand, ready to fight, looking for an attacker.
8
Wells and I crouched down in one, my two assistants in another.
9
They crouched on all fours and got ready, Mark right behind Alec.
10
I crouched inside, as guilty as the veriest house-breaker in the business.
11
Centurion and optio crouched in the deep foliage, looking at Settus's 'scouts'.
12
It crouched under the dipping boughs of the ash-tree that sheltered it.
13
Shandy ran ahead and then crouched in the path of his father.
14
The dogs crouched down on the rough surface of the inhospitable ice.
15
He crouched down in the bows and stole a furtive glance back.
16
He crouched as he ran, trying to stay as low as possible.
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Crouched across language varieties
Canada
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United States of America
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