hunker
Example Sentences
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Soon, Shadow hunkered down for his turn on the egg.
From Los Angeles Times
Several dogs were there, too, hunkering down with their owners.
From Barron's
Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.
From Barron's
Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.
From Barron's
A little more than 35 years ago, on Jan. 13, 1991, Mr. Landsbergis was hunkered down in the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius in a bulletproof vest waiting for Soviet forces to storm the building.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
