hunker

Example Sentences

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Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Instead of making a run for it, he resolves to hunker down until the heat is off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

His mouth half-full of rice, Hassan said, “I think we'll be able to find a place to hunker down somewhere in this house.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green