hunched
Example Sentences
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“It was the dead of winter, and there was this 18-year-old, I would say, standing in the doorway, hunched over against the cold.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Instead, he was hunched over in a single foldout plastic chair in an otherwise empty room, looking spent.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Williams sat hunched as he said "not guilty" to each of the charges.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Hernández could only watch the ball soar, hunched over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
It was a cold night, and Torak sat hunched in his sleeping-sack, listening to the faint, faraway roar that Renn said was the Thunder Falls.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
