hunch down

She picks up on the cues from her handlers and will hunch down and surge out of her pen as the public-address announcer bellows, “Here comes Ralphie!” followed by, “and the Colorado Golden Buffaloes!”

My shoulders hunch down as I feel weakness on me.

Even Ripred, by far the most hardened of the group, seemed to hunch down under the weight of the situation.

Ares seemed to hunch down even further, as if crushed by the weight of the anger against him.

In the tunnels we’re probably more worried about the rusty screws that are jutting down from the ceiling and will rake across our scalps if we don’t hunch down.