hunker

Example Sentences

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For Iran’s beleaguered government, winning requires hunkering down as its attackers face diminishing returns from each new day of battle.

From Barron's

Then he said it in wolf talk, hunkering down on his haunches and making low, reassuring mewing noises.

From Literature

The big cats and other hunters that these foragers feared had many fewer eccrine sweat glands than humans; predators had to stay cool in the daytime by hunkering in the shade.

From The Wall Street Journal

Once nominations roll around, he really hunkers down and gets working.

From Los Angeles Times

When smoke billowed from the damaged Fairmont The Palm hotel, he decided to hunker down.

From The Wall Street Journal