haunches

Example Sentences

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Kneeling beside her, Dr. Kristen Miller swiftly tapped hair-thin needles into the dog’s back and haunches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

"Dion Dublin was on his haunches with a gasped look on his face," recalls David Busst.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2024

The poster showed a rat on its haunches, standing in the shadow of a giant version of itself.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2022

Then he caps it, leans across, still on his haunches, and hands it to me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen