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Meanings of hunched over in English

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Usage of hunched over in English
1
They often occur in tandem with shoulder pain from being hunched over.
News.com.au
2
Then I saw -again!-thatround form hunched over, guarding the coffin.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
It had been late already when he had hunched over his maps.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
4
Lieutenant Joe Yang hunched over his sensor station, energy spikes dancing on-screen.
Ghosts of Onyx
5
Hamby remained hunched over the creature almost a minute, then looked up.
Serena
6
This time it reached for a beast that walked past, hunched over.
The Andalite Chronicles
7
In the colony medical lab Bishop stood hunched over an ocular probe.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
8
She was hunched over like an albino gorilla, looking at work orders.
Red Planet Blues
9
Then she just sat there, hunched over and gazing at the floor.
Funland
10
I hunched over the lute, concentrating on what my hands were doing.
The Wise Man’s Fear
11
Gren stood hunched over the tiller arm, his bare feet splayed wide.
Assail
12
It's hard to look in charge when you're hunched over like Quasimodo.
The red pyramid
13
EUPHRONIUS hunched over his table, sniffing something that looked like a cactus.
Song of the Nile
14
Gentry could make out only a tall shadow hunched over the wheel.
Carrion comfort
15
He sits on a three-legged wooden stool, hunched over a low-rise workbench.
The Irish Times
16
Most sat hunched over, kept to themselves, and stared at the deck.
The Flood
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Canada
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United States of America
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Australia
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