haunch

Example Sentences

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Craig suggested, as any good butcher would, that “the ribs will be good fresh, and a pickling and brining process for the thighs and haunches should result in a product that is similar to ham.”

From New York Times

“One grave has, instead of a monument, a large wooden hobby-horse, buried to its haunches in the ground,” reads the article.

From Washington Post

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