hunker down

Example Sentences

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Realizing he cannot win the war any time soon, Putin aims to hunker down and drag out the fighting in the hope that Western support for Kyiv eventually frays, Nixey said.

From Seattle Times

Instead, she believes they would have gotten caught hunkering down in her kitchen, which was left badly damaged.

From Washington Post

Still, both rival teams are now adapting to the momentum shift, with Trump’s campaign projecting confidence and DeSantis’s campaign-in-waiting hunkering down for a drawn-out contest.

From Washington Post

North Korea now appears to be hunkering down for a prolonged confrontation with the United States, as the Biden administration, focused on the war in Ukraine, shows no urgency to negotiate.

From New York Times

“There is power out in some places of the park; it’s intermittent, so we’re hunkering down like everybody else,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times