How to Use huddle in a Sentence
- We huddled around the campfire.
- The students huddled over their desks.
- The sheep huddled together for warmth.
- Union representatives are huddling to discuss the proposal.
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The pig men huddled by the tower.
—Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
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Don’t ditch your ride or dies, but don’t feel the need to stay glued to the team huddle.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
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Some huddled around around small fires set up by park rangers to provide heat.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
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The orange boy and black girl were the same size, huddled on one side of the cage.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Some of the people huddled by the long rows of ovens were said to have fled the raid.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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Some huddled near skinny trees.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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The team huddled on the field, and the coach drew up a quarterback draw.
—Alanis Thames, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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His teammates huddled around him so nobody could see the switch take place.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
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At first, when guys go down, people are talking about it, huddled up.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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After the final snap, both teams huddled up.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
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But alone after hours, the two men would huddle to talk and would call each other by their names.
—John Blake, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
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Take the time to huddle up and get it right before filing a tax return.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Cold winter days huddled under a soft blanket call for a warm bowl of soup.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
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She was huddled in the exact place where her owner had fallen.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 31 Mar. 2026
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The three of us squeezed into our bedroom closet and huddled over my phone.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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Much of the crowd began to huddle behind tables and bars or lie against the ground.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Everyone starts by huddling and putting the same leg in the middle.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
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Others are sleeping, huddled in doorways to keep warm and safe.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
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An elderly couple huddled over a long to-do list.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
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Survivors huddled in the freezing cold, setting fires to keep warm.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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There, huddled on the ground, is a motionless olive-green songbird.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
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Now, somehow, they were huddled against a wall, bracing for impact.
—Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023
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The Grenadiers were huddled up, watching the game on the field through a single cell phone.
—Johnny Resendiz, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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The cast and crew were also all shown huddling together for a group photo.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
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The final picture is of all six castmates huddling backstage in a group hug.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
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LeBlanc and his teammates huddled in right field after the final out of the game.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
- The boss is in a huddle with the marketing director.
- The quarterback called the offense into a huddle.
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The team needs him in the huddle.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
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Hoist your youngest and huddle in back.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
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My teammates told me about it back in the huddle.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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The skip in his step from sideline to huddle.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Ukraine has been in favor of the huddle.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
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Getting in and out of the huddle.
—Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
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Near the back, a huddle of friends played crokinole.
—Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
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Break that huddle with an old-school, in-unison clap.
—Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 19 June 2026
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In the huddle, our kids all had the right tone and had the right message.
—Matt Goisman, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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This is his huddle, his offense.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
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This is his huddle, his offense.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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The huddle ended with two words.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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Went no-huddle after the break.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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Someone had to be the loudest voice in the huddle.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
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The Hoosiers aren’t a no-huddle spread or an option team.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
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When will Stafford return to the huddle?
—Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Brown led a huddle late in the fourth quarter that appeared to fall on deaf ears.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Get them through the pregame warm up, get them out of the huddle, get them through the first series there.
—Irie Harris, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
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The Chargers broke the huddle with nine seconds on the play clock.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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Baumler was beaming as the huddle broke.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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Flutie knew what the call would be and waved to Bicknell from the huddle.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Stanford has elite receivers and one of the best backs in football in his huddle.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
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The camera then caught Maye shaking his arm in the huddle.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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There’s a small huddle between Steve and Michael.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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The Brazilians ran to the corner of the pitch and bounced in a tight huddle.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
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But his demeanor in the huddle is a strength, leadership is a strength.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
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The beats promise to speed up the tempo faster than a no-huddle offense.
—Yifan Wu, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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Sieler had the team gathered around him in a pregame huddle to get teammates hyped up.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
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