hunker
Example Sentences
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They said early Sunday that they were unified, hunkered down and ready to ride out any American incursion.
And it is a highly bingeable product that will satisfy Americans in their Snuggies, hunkering down on the couch to welcome in a new year.
"In a five-day Test match, you should hunker down. Wafting outside 'sixth stump' areas has never been in the textbooks, and that is mainly the fault of the top order."
From BBC
He is hunkering down after his employer and others in the industry recently announced layoffs and expense cuts.
Although AI plays have since bounced off their lows, the real action has been elsewhere in the market—including riskier areas that show investors aren’t just hunkering down.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
