crouch
verb (used without object)
to stoop or bend low.
crouchingly
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a word derived from
crouch.
Example Sentences
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Instead, commanding his warriors to make halt, Kaolin himself dismounts; and signing the gaucho to keep him company, the two step crouchingly forward and upward to the outer edge of the cliff.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney
She ran crouchingly, seeking the higher grasses and brambles of the ridge to escape observation from the meadow until she could descend upon the barn from the rear.
From Cressy by Bret Harte
He turned and crouchingly approached the southern end of his parapet.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
I mightn’t have thought much of that, but for noticing, as he passed me, that he didn’t walk erect or on the path, but crouchingly, among the trees skirting it.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
But a waiting Yates man, crouchingly running up the line, was successfully passed, and the trio bore farther infield, putting ten more precious yards behind them.
From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour
