hunker down

Example Sentences

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Several dogs were there, too, hunkering down with their owners.

From Barron's

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

From Barron's

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

From Barron's

A little more than 35 years ago, on Jan. 13, 1991, Mr. Landsbergis was hunkered down in the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius in a bulletproof vest waiting for Soviet forces to storm the building.

From The Wall Street Journal

The couple hunkered down with 15 other people, including a man in his 80s and a mother with her 1-year-old daughter.

From Los Angeles Times