hunched

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“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

It was a small place, crisscrossed with dirt roads that strung together a hundred-odd weathered brick houses hunched up on sandy soil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Six years earlier, I’d been hunched over a laptop in Melbourne, writing my way into a new career after selling my business.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Workers were hunched over their desks pouring over designs, with the looks still "in pieces".

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

On the other side of the room, a hunched old woman leaned against a large staff.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley