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Meanings of hunkered down in English
Synonyms
Examples for "crouched"
Examples for "crouched"
1
They crouched soundless and immobile for several long minutes, but nothing happened.
2
The crowd surged forward to meet it, short steps, crouched, weapons moving.
3
He ducked behind one of the sea chests and crouched there, quaking.
4
We crouched in a big trench in muddy water behind the bank.
5
Two of the aliens paddled while a third crouched in the bow.
1
The women huddled together in terror while the men seized their guns.
2
They've all been huddled in the room for the last several days.
3
The children huddled in the pantry, the strongest room in the house.
4
In response, an instant outcry of social media support huddled around Lee.
5
The dead leaves of her hopes were all huddled in the hollow.
1
Here, crouching in the screening bushes, Bert placed the bomb in position.
2
The trap door was closed; Anita and I were crouching on it.
3
Then turning again to the crouching figure in the bushes, she said:
4
At this moment the child crouching in the snow began to sob.
5
He felt Fuzzy crouching in a tight frightened lump in his pocket.
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.
Usage of hunkered down 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
Residents of large cities and small towns hunkered down against the storm.
4
Ianto hunkered down to check, and discovered a scattering of fine sand.
5
Ralph is hunkered down next door in a state of abject terror.
6
Cranker, looking worried, did just that, and then hunkered down even lower.
7
I hunkered down on the pavement, keeping watch on the parking lot.
8
Jack hunkered down next to her, checking that she was all right.
9
He hunkered down beside Harve and began searching for the key again.
10
They were as he'd left them, hunkered down on their shotout tires.
11
Kin hunkered down beside the table and looked at it more closely.
12
She's hunkered down to wait out the storm, but we've got her.
13
Some people had already stocked up on weed before they hunkered down.
14
James hunkered down with his back against one of the clockwork dummies.
15
Tsata, hunkered down next to her in the glade, intercepted the look.
16
Shakily, she tore her gaze from Lucius and hunkered down beside Marcus.
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Hunkered down through the time
Hunkered down across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare