haunches

Example Sentences

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On their haunches, they scratched and loved up Syd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

When United attacked, Guardiola regularly dropped to his haunches.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

The British automaker, known for two-seat convertibles with a high coolness quotient, serves this vehicle up with scissor doors and rear haunches that convey power.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

At the time, it referred to the sheep and cattle whose carefully manufactured temperaments, plump haunches, and passivity in the company of humans made them suitable objects for commodification.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2022

Sure enough, there was Janina in the middle of the street, squatting on her haunches, hurling her voice, thumbing her nose at Buffo, taunting him in perfect imitation of me.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli