crouch
verb (used without object)
to stoop or bend low.
are crouching
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present progressiveof crouch.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Several people are crouching on a mountain of documents several feet high covering the floor.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
In the photo, Fisher and Reynolds are crouching down in front of a young Lourd outside.
From Fox News ● Dec. 29, 2021
The marines have taken their rifles to the superstructure-deck, and are crouching behind a breastwork constructed of closely lashed hammocks.
From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various
They are crouching, isolated at the bottom of the mould.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
Rome pours her myriads forth, a vassal band, And foreign powers are crouching at thy gate; Yet dost thou deeply sigh, as if oppressed by fate.
From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Susan Paxson
