hunched

Example Sentences

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“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Six years earlier, I’d been hunched over a laptop in Melbourne, writing my way into a new career after selling my business.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

My posture is tight and hunched as ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Dishes clatter, steam bursts from large cooking pots and music is seeping through the bustling chatter of Russian pensioners, hunched over bowls of free meals in a Saint Petersburg soup kitchen.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Sydney asked as they walked, hunched over so their heads wouldn’t hit the stone ceiling.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti