Get to know Crouched better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like crouching or huddled.
Crouched meaning
- Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross.
- In a crouching position.
Using Crouched
- The main meaning on this page is: Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross. | In a crouching position.
- Useful related words include: crouching, huddled, hunkered, hunkered down.
- In the example corpus, crouched often appears in combinations such as: crouched down, crouched behind, crouched in.
Context around Crouched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crouched
- In this selection, "crouched" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marcos, police, flintoff, down, behind and nearby stand out and add context to how "crouched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and flintoff crouched to offer and and he crouched down. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crouched" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crouched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Massey crouched behind the counter with her hands raised. (9 words)
He stands crouched and balanced, with his bat near his ear. (11 words)
He had crouched in the blocks with the weight of expectation on his shoulders. (14 words)
He talks about the white foam that was coming out of Jayson’s nose and ears on the morning they found him dead in their family room, crouched face down in a kneeling position on the couch with his cellphone — still lit — in his hands. (45 words)
In the clip, Kim filmed herself in a bathroom mirror as Khloe crouched at her waist, trying to fasten the bodysuit’s snaps located underneath her pants but struggling to do so. (32 words)
But she said the second hit with the skateboard, while Young was crouched on the ground, and which caused Young’s death, had none of the elements of self defence. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Across the factory, another worker had failed to see Marcos crouched with his left arm deep inside the assembly line and turned it on.
Armed police crouched behind vehicles parked in the street as one officer tried to calm the defendant.
As England erupted in celebration, Lee sank to his haunches and Flintoff crouched to offer consolation.
But she said the second hit with the skateboard, while Young was crouched on the ground, and which caused Young’s death, had none of the elements of self defence.
The Archbishop then crouched down to the King’s eye level to make sure the crown was straight.
The fourth officer at the scene, Zach Robinson, engaged Barakat in a shootout, which ended with Robinson shooting and killing Barakat as bystanders crouched nearby.
The images allegedly showed a crouched mummified body of a humanoid figure with an elongated skull and three fingers on each hand and foot.
The lovely model crouched in front of a black couch that matched the color of her gorgeous dress.
There are two ways around this trap; one is opening the door while crouched and another is slowly opening it.
While the businessman crouched down towards the front for the quick picture, Madix notably kept her distance and stood towards the far back.
As the first pop rang out, Trump said, "Oh," and grabbed his ear as two more pops could be heard, and he crouched down.
C’mon, you’re alright,” White says while crouched next to her body as the paramedics move to respond.
Crouched in the corner of a small Indiana apartment, the 11-year-old girl clutched a worn Bible and prayed to be somewhere else.
He had crouched in the blocks with the weight of expectation on his shoulders.
He stands crouched and balanced, with his bat near his ear.
He talks about the white foam that was coming out of Jayson’s nose and ears on the morning they found him dead in their family room, crouched face down in a kneeling position on the couch with his cellphone — still lit — in his hands.
In the clip, Kim filmed herself in a bathroom mirror as Khloe crouched at her waist, trying to fasten the bodysuit’s snaps located underneath her pants but struggling to do so.
Massey crouched behind the counter with her hands raised.
On-deck batter Jose Siri sprinted toward Rosario, who held his face and crouched down – Siri immediately called for the trainer.
Susan McHugh was crouched behind their car, firing her husband’s gun at Karp’s group.
Common combinations with crouched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- crouched down 10×
- crouched behind 7×
- crouched in 7×
- was crouched 4×
- he crouched 4×
- crouched and 3×
- and crouched 3×
- crouched over 3×
- crouched to 2×
- crouched on 2×