crouchingly
- a word derived from crouch.
Example Sentences
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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 Reid, Mayne
With set eyes and quivering tail it advanced crouchingly, one slow step at a time, noiseless, sinister.
From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon
“I didn’t——” Miss Hoffman faced him crouchingly and shook an indictment from her fingers.
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
He came up from this, crouchingly, and the fight was on.
From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon
They advance crouchingly, now and then stopping to take a survey of the terrain in front, as they do so exchanging whispered words with one another.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
