hunker down

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

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

Gee Gee Rosell, who lives on Hatteras Island, stopped by her store Buxton Village Books on Wednesday to unpack a new shipment and manage orders from residents before they hunker down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025

As residents hunker down, social media users are finding humour in their shelved weekend plans.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

The other boys, I assumed, had gone home to hunker down for the day, hoping without much hope that their parents wouldn’t hear about our errant rocket.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam