crouch

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01. The teacher [crouched] down to talk to her kindergarten student.
02. The cougar was [crouched] behind a tree, getting ready to attack.
03. We couldn't see the children, who were [crouched] behind the car, waiting to spray us with the hose.
04. The soldier was in a [crouch] at the window, ready to fire if necessary.
05. The old man was walking [crouched] over, leaning heavily on his cane.
06. The little girl [crouched] over the hole, and began to pee.
07. The policeman got in a [crouch] and aimed his rifle.
08. The young boys [crouched] around the fire to warm themselves.
09. The soldiers [crouched] behind the bushes for cover.
10. The little girl [crouched] down to pick a flower.
11. Bobby was so upset on his first day of kindergarten that he [crouched] behind the piano and cried all morning.
12. The teacher [crouched] down so she could speak to the children eye to eye.
13. The campers were all [crouched] around the fire, trying to dry their wet clothes, and get warm.
14. The tiger [crouched] down at the water hole, and began to drink.
15. D. H. Lawrence once wrote in a letter to a friend, "I want to go south, where there is no autumn, where the cold doesn't [crouch] over one like a snow-leopard waiting to pounce."
16. All the children [crouched] around to look at the crabs hiding under the rocks at the seashore.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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