hunker

Example Sentences

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"I went over and there were quite a few people there at that point. They were trying to coax them out the car but they had hunkered down and were trying to sleep."

From BBC

Still, with below-freezing temperatures across parts of the country, viewers hunkered down and stayed tuned in to the game.

From The Wall Street Journal

Epstein replied, “Nothing to do during a storm, but hunker down, and wait until it blows over.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"We just want to hunker down, close the curtains, and stay inside," she said.

From BBC

Poor Jeb was hunkered down under a piece of canvas that covered the woodpile when Sal and I finally came outside.

From Literature