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  • White Fang, bristling silently, half-crouching as he rose, sank back and watched the hostile act repeated.

    The Southland 2010

  • Women glanced down at me from the top of the flights of steps, old men stood, half-turning, half-crouching under the dark shadow of the walls, to stare.

    Twilight in Italy 2003

  • On tottering heels he lowers himself, missing not a word of his song while half-crouching, half-bending so that she may tuck her dollar in his cleavage and kiss his cheek.

    Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996

  • On tottering heels he lowers himself, missing not a word of his song while half-crouching, half-bending so that she may tuck her dollar in his cleavage and kiss his cheek.

    Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996

  • On tottering heels he lowers himself, missing not a word of his song while half-crouching, half-bending so that she may tuck her dollar in his cleavage and kiss his cheek.

    Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996

  • On tottering heels he lowers himself, missing not a word of his song while half-crouching, half-bending so that she may tuck her dollar in his cleavage and kiss his cheek.

    Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996

  • That allowed him to rock himself over into a half-crouching, half-kneeling position.

    Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996

  • He crept along the ledge, half-crouching, the loaded sling in one hand.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • Simon stared at her, open-mouthed, until he realized he was in a half-crouching position that must look perfectly ridiculous.

    The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963

  • Sitting on the edge of his chair, half-crouching, his head, with its long, unkempt, white hair, bent slightly to one side, he concentrated upon this chambered silence the full powers of his senses.

    O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Various

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