How to Use hunker in a Sentence

hunker

verb

• At least those lucky enough to hunker down in the first place.
  — Matthew Pillsbur, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
• Or has the last year been a time to hunker down and save money and pay off debts?
  — NBC News, 30 Apr. 2021
• So, Chris: Friday’s just gonna be a day to hunker down.
  — cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
• Some adopt a woe-is-us mindset and hunker down in their fraidy holes to wait out the storm.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• After the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Biles didn't just hunker down in front of the TV.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 25 May 2021
• In the weeks ahead, wear a mask, social distance, and hunker down.
  — Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2020
• But like people who might hunker down when stressed, the snake could be doing the same, Kennedy said.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
• This could be a good week to hunker down and focus on study or research.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2020
• Time to huddle up and hunker down for the first night of the 2021 NFL Draft as teams try to bolster their rosters.
  — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2021
• If possible, try to hunker down in one room with the rest of your household.
  — Felicity Warner, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• In dense cover, a buck might only bound 150 yards and hunker down.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
• Get ready to hunker down on the couch and revisit these throwback gems.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 16 Nov. 2022
• See friends and resume normal life, or hunker down again — and if so, for how long, to what end?
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
• See friends and resume normal life, or hunker down again - and if so, for how long, to what end?
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
• Getting ready to hunker down for a Gilmore Girls rewatch?
  — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• A year ago, as the pandemic forced much of the Bay Area to hunker down at home, traffic seemed to vanish.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2021
• Buyers who find their way in often hunker down and stay.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2021
• Many friends have fled London to hunker down with their families in the suburbs, or moved out of the city for good.
  — Lauren Kent and Sam Kiley, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
• With crummy weather leading the field until Sunday, the best that the best in the world could do was hunker down and play smart.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2022
• Older bears and mothers with cubs tended to hunker down longer than younger bears that were on their own.
  — Chris Woolston, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2022
• Any trip far from home should be taken with a plan to hunker down upon return.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
• And don't worry, this will probably be the last time health experts beg you to hunker down for New Year's Eve.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 30 Dec. 2020
• In the meantime, as her mother gets closer, the rest of her family will hunker down.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• Detainees would dig holes in the dirt under the barracks and brush away the scorpions and rattlesnakes to hunker down and avoid the midday heat.
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022
• Get ready to hunker down This hurricane season could be a doozy.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 20 May 2021
• The pandemic forced millions of people to hunker down at home.
  — Dorothy Dworkin, sun-sentinel.com, 14 May 2021
• Police soon arrived in force and told residents to hunker down in their homes.
  — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
• Winter falls, closing the pass out of these mountains and forcing the hunting party to hunker down for months.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2022
• Space is crucial as homebuyers look for places to hunker down.
  — Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2021
• Thus far, Harris and her team haven’t been able to just hunker down and let annoying news cycles fade away.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024