huddles 1 of 2

plural of huddle
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huddles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of huddle
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as in crouches
to lie low with the limbs close to the body huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of huddles
Noun
Implement regular team huddles or meetings with clear agendas and desired outcomes. John Gallucci Jr, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks huddles with his team during the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 27, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddles
Noun
  • An adequate business connection-building organization customarily structures its groups around confidential discussion boards, consistent conferences or meetings, and like-minded experiences.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The anger evokes town hall meetings, school board meetings, library meetings, any gathering where people are trying to figure out what is going on in the world right now, without any sufficient explanation.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of forming evenly in all directions, the clusters grew unevenly, faster in some directions than others.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Break up the plantings of shrubs with clusters of attractive evergreen trees.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The gathering will bring together local groups, including CRS, Epic Partners and Coach Core, alongside stakeholders and funders, to highlight their work tackling youth violence and supporting young people through outreach, sports and creative arts.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • More than 100 people gathered at Idaho Capitol steps on Friday evening for the second annual Boise Trans March to rally for LGBTQ+ rights in Idaho — a state where these groups feel under attack.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s where the paperwork piles up, court fees skyrocket, and grieving families are forced into bureaucratic limbo for months — sometimes years.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Few gatherings can compete with that level of celebrity.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Right across from Waverly Local, a new wine bar, Waverly Proper, offers vino-tastings and rotating pop-up events on weekends as well as yoga classes and other community gatherings during the week in the town’s old general store.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was used to recording batches of 15 songs.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This marks the 18th edition in the annual series, which features a unique blend of three bourbon recipes and four different batches, bottled at barrel strength.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The team worked with four participants, each almost completely paralyzed, who had micro electrode arrays implanted in slightly different areas of the motor cortex.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Previous attempts to develop flat-panel laser displays have required complicated laser arrays or low-throughput fabrication methods, greatly limiting their performance and scalability, the researchers say.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025

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