crouch
verb (used without object)
to stoop or bend low.
were crouching
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past progressiveof crouch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"Here they were, crouching under the table during the first air raid," he says.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked round for the cats and saw that, as he feared, both were crouching in front of the farmhouse a little way off.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
At the foot of the turf cliff, Hazel and his companions were crouching under the low branches of two or three spindle trees.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Acorn, Hyzenthlay and two more were crouching near him on the wood, but the rest were huddled here and there along the bank.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Bon and Bleoberis were crouching over a bright fire, to which the bitter wind seemed to have given the property of throwing out light without heat Even the fire seemed frozen, like a painted one.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
