haunch

Example Sentences

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The camera had captured the entire sequence, from the cougar latching onto the panicked burro’s haunches to the triumphant cat standing over its dead prey.

From Science Magazine

Djokovic then dropped to his haunches and picked a blade of the Centre Court grass to eat in what has now become a customary celebration.

From BBC

The poster showed a rat on its haunches, standing in the shadow of a giant version of itself.

From New York Times

The pair smoke the hearty haunches for three hours and can’t even begin to fathom how many they sell in a festival weekend, of which there are seven this season.

From Los Angeles Times

Across Indonesia, the word calls up images of men and women at little warung eateries, sitting on low benches or on their haunches, smoking and snacking and talking.

From New York Times