hunker down

Example Sentences

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Local authorities advised residents to hunker down, with rain forecast for the next day and a half.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Instead of making a run for it, he resolves to hunker down until the heat is off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Instead the bird struck his temple and slid hot and greasy down his face, and he had to hunker down and stretch for it with fetters clanking.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin