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Meanings of hunkered in English
Usage of hunkered in English
1
Biologists later followed P-64's movements over several miles before it hunkered down.
2
He went into the main room and hunkered down beside the body.
3
The police approached Titus and Harry cautiously, hunkered low, their weapons raised.
4
Residents of large cities and small towns hunkered down against the storm.
5
Ianto hunkered down to check, and discovered a scattering of fine sand.
6
Ralph is hunkered down next door in a state of abject terror.
7
Cranker, looking worried, did just that, and then hunkered down even lower.
8
I hunkered down on the pavement, keeping watch on the parking lot.
9
Jack hunkered down next to her, checking that she was all right.
10
He hunkered down beside Harve and began searching for the key again.
11
A legion of Grunts hunkered behind docked Seraph fighters and fuel pods.
12
They were as he'd left them, hunkered down on their shotout tires.
13
Breathless, the Avenger hunkered low behind the shrubs as the Lexus approached.
14
Kin hunkered down beside the table and looked at it more closely.
15
She's hunkered down to wait out the storm, but we've got her.
16
But the atmosphere, gloomy and hunkered, works on you all the same.
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Hunkered through the time
Hunkered across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare