haunches

Example Sentences

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Kneeling beside her, Dr. Kristen Miller swiftly tapped hair-thin needles into the dog’s back and haunches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

On their haunches, they scratched and loved up Syd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

Swiatek instantly dropped her racquet and dropped to her haunches, bursting into tears on the court before hugging Muchova when she came around the net.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023

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

Then he stopped dead and sat back on his haunches.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams