hunch up

Example Sentences

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They hunch up their backs when they are annoyed, and she was annoyed.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2019

Gripping the edges of his tray of half-eaten food, Daryl's knuckles turn white and his shoulders hunch up in a desperate attempt to hide the look of humiliation burning his face.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

I hunch up my shoulders and go, “Heeeowl!”

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

I’m surprised how fast I got used to the cold even though the wind makes me hunch up my shoulders and walk fast.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

She uster take him out at twelve an' start fer de house an' dat donkey would hunch up his back an' swear dat she wuzn't gwine ter ride him home.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various