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

I am crouching beside the kennel in the kitchen-garden, with four charming little puppies in my lap.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip