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.
were squatting
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past progressiveof squat.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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She says some families broke into the building and were squatting in the empty flats.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Others were squatting in abandoned homes around the city.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2019
He became involved with student activism and, in 1995, occupied an abandoned church where homeless families were squatting in order to help keep the church from being knocked down and the families from being displaced.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2019
In a neighbouring house, the two detainees were squatting in a corner, resting against the green walls of a bare room, lit by a fluorescent light that hung from the ceiling.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2017
When they reached the ditch, all the other rabbits were squatting together, watching their approach.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
