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

Incoherent hieroglyphs plate the walls, plastic pharaohs stand guard in the check-in lane, and taxis idle under the haunches of a gargantuan Sphinx.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

On their haunches, they scratched and loved up Syd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

When United attacked, Guardiola regularly dropped to his haunches.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

A few more steps and I see Mr. Bender, sitting on his haunches, like I have seen three-year-old Jenna sit in the video discs.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson