1.   A black cat crouched in the corner.

2.   He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.

3.   She put her fists into her lap and crouched in her chair, the way people die in sparsely furnished rooms.

4.   The cat crouched uneasily in her arms, then uttered a curious low cry and struggled free.

5.   The mad girl crouching in the corner with her frock up and the unforgivable substance coming from her mouth.

6.   The rest of the Brownies are sweet potato plants and they crouch in rows, making themselves as small as they can.

7.   The sparrows in the ploughland were crouching in terror of the kestrel.

8.   We were crouching in the bushes.

9.   The lion crouched in the tall grass, waiting to attack the gazelle.