hunker

Example Sentences

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When smoke billowed from the damaged Fairmont The Palm hotel, he decided to hunker down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Financially, the sudden volatility made investors hunker down and reduce their debts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

"We'll get through it and we'll hunker through it and it'll be fine."

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

The orange peels would smolder in there, and the men would hunker down around the cans and watch the smoke seep out the holes.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston