CROUCH in a Sentence
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128 example sentences for CROUCH, such as:
1. The hare crouches low on the ground.
2. They did not crouch under the oppression.
3. He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.
4. They crouched together on a shadowy hillside.
5. The beggar is crouching in a corner of the room.
2. They did not crouch under the oppression.
3. He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.
4. They crouched together on a shadowy hillside.
5. The beggar is crouching in a corner of the room.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CROUCH
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crouch
n. the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
v. sit on one's heels
Classic Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1 She thought of the coming of the Northern winter, when the unprotected houses would crouch together in terror of storms galloping out of that wild waste.
2 But when, as in the case of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire encircles an imperial brain; then, the plebeian herds crouch abased before the tremendous centralization.
3 He was just proud enough to demand the most debasing homage of the slave, and quite servile enough to crouch, himself, at the feet of the master.
4 A love affair is not made to crouch down and brutalize itself like an English serving-maid who has callouses on her knees from scrubbing.
5 They crouch, back to back, in a sort of hut of fate.
6 In black fantastic shapes, dumb shadows crawl into the corners of the room and crouch there.
7 Pierre looked at her timidly over his spectacles, and like a hare surrounded by hounds who lays back her ears and continues to crouch motionless before her enemies, he tried to continue reading.
8 This is the Land of the Unfenced, where crouch on either hand scores of ugly one-room cabins, cheerless and dirty.
9 She waited while he seated himself with crossed legs in the front of the sled; then she crouched quickly down at his back and clasped her arms about him.
10 Forgotten in the tumult, little Wade crouched behind the banisters on the front porch, peering out onto the lawn like a caged, frightened rabbit, his eyes wide with terror, sucking his thumb and hiccoughing.
11 Prissy and Wade scurried for the cellar and crouched in the cobwebbed darkness, Prissy squalling at the top of her voice and Wade sobbing and hiccoughing.
12 As she crouched there, squeezing her eyes tightly to keep back the tears, she was startled by the sound of trotting hooves.
13 She jumped as a slight noise sounded and, turning quickly, saw crouched by the banisters her forgotten son, his eyes enormous with terror.
14 Through the long hours of silence the dark spirit of fatigue and loneliness crouched upon her breast, leaving her so drained of bodily strength that her morning thoughts swam in a haze of weakness.
15 She crouched in her chair as she imagined men talking of her, thick-voiced, obscene, in barber shops and the tobacco-stinking pool parlor.
Example Sentence:
1 They did not crouch under the oppression.
2 The moment of death had obsessed him from childhood, when he had acquired that slight crouch, protecting his neck from the shining blade of the guillotine that might slice through.
3 They crouched together on a shadowy hillside.
4 The animal crouched down, getting ready for the kill.
5 He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.
6 She crouched in the dark, too frightened to reveal herself.
7 The earthquake shattered Stuart's usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
8 The beggar is crouching in a corner of the room.
9 The hare crouches low on the ground.