squat
verb (used without object)
to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
has squatted
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present perfectof squat (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mr Sudhir, who has squatted for 14 years, doesn’t see it that way.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2018
That’s because they saw that the independent entry, Orman, had the only real shot at beating Roberts, 78, who has squatted in Congress for 34 years.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2014
Ausmus himself is a former catcher, like Martinez, who has squatted behind the plate only five times since tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament in a workout before the 2012 season.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2014
Twenty years she has squatted there; eyes accustomed to the landscape are beginning to recognize something portentous in her massive outline.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are some intervals which border the strain of the wood thrush, to which I would migrate—wild lands where no settler has squatted; to which, methinks, I am already acclimated.
From Walking by Henry David Thoreau
