am crouching
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present progressiveof crouch (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
crouchverb (used without object)to stoop or bend low.
Example Sentences
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I am crouching over her on my hands and knees, and I can see her: this squirming, blood-smeared human being, my baby, still tethered to me by her white, pulsing cord.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2019
At the beginning of sector number 8 in Mons-en-Pevele, I am crouching on the right side of the road.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2018
I am crouching in a bush and sweat runs down my forehead and stings my eyes.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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I am crouching beside the kennel in the kitchen-garden, with four charming little puppies in my lap.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin