If it is encountered by the snake's head, however, the toad hops away before crouching defensively.

Above him, Crenkle crouched defensively, hatchet upraised.

There were five of them - att of them smaller boys - crouched defensively on the far side of the circular space, staring across at him, wide-eyed.

From the edge of a high, rocky bluff, crouched defensively behind the stone, the companions watched the latest caravan wind its way out of the Barbacan.

Crouching defensively during the gunfire, Holly rose to meet Mitch as he turned to her.

T'Pol felt her boots come into contact with something on the floor, and she crouched defensively, peering into the darkness around her.

Fang was venting his hostility on Ari, who crouched defensively on the ground, his arms wrapped around his head.

At its sound the boy turned sharply, his body crouched defensively, then he saw the tiny, glittering probe hovering like a silver insect in the air above his head.

Her mother looks smaller; she can't actually have become smaller, but she is crouching defensively as she mounts the stairs.

The dwarf crouched defensively in the center of the glade.