Sentence examples for ducking down from inspiring English sources

"ducking down" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to someone who is lowering their body down quickly and defensively as if they are trying to hide or avoid something, such as gunfire. For example, "The soldiers ducked down in response to the loud gunshots."

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Ducking down, I step inside.

He was ducking down and then coming up occasionally to shoot.

And the officer complies, ducking down and sliding to the left so the newsman had a clear camera shot.

Typically, they'll peer about with their big black labrador-like eyes, before ducking down and reappearing close by.

His 6'5" height allows him a sweeping view and distinct way of organizing space within his horizon line, with his head above the crowd or ducking down as the case may be.

The court heard that after his car pulled alongside the Golf, Long had said in a statement that he saw Rodney look left, then right before ducking down and reappearing with his shoulders hunched.

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E7 said Rodney's movements and body language, including ducking down and coming back up again, made him believe Rodney had ducked down to grab a weapon from the car floor.

Then he ducked down between seat rows.

I duck down, in time, I think.

He ducked down and almost went into a crablike squat.

I duck down maybe a foot or 14 inches.

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