hunker down
Example Sentences
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Local authorities advised residents to hunker down, with rain forecast for the next day and a half.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
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
For flights six hours and longer, you can hunker down and make your way through a film franchise or an entire season or seasons of a television series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
She'd hunker down with me and read one of the stories with tough words in it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
