1
as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group
the puppies huddled together to keep warm
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2
as in crouching
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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Recent Examples of huddling
Hours before a game, while huddling with New York Mets first-base coach Antoan Richardson over a monitor, Juan Soto spotted something on video that even an experienced eye might miss.
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince William, Princess Kate, the children and chaperones were spotted huddling under umbrellas to try to stay dry from the rain.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Will Sammon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince William, Princess Kate, the children and chaperones were spotted huddling under umbrellas to try to stay dry from the rain.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddling
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In a nearby plot, natural self-thinning over 80 years reduced crowding from 275 to 70 trees per acre.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The military has also been targeting and destroying high-rise buildings surrounding displacement camps, crowding Gaza City’s residents into ever-smaller spaces.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The study team investigated 54 crouching burials that had previously been found at 11 archaeological sites.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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The animatronic Death Eater crouching on a bookshelf casts a spell, then Dolores Umbridge appears on a screen, then a rhinoceros-like Erumpent tries to gore the riders with its horn.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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His recent tax cuts add to the unsustainable public debt the US is piling up, and to investor doubts our financial health over time.—
Harry Holzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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And on Wednesday, Eagles legend Jason Kelce weighed in on the matter, piling onto the list of critics Carters has.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Daniels, meanwhile, was hit 10 times by Green Bay’s swarming defense and faced pressure on nearly half of his dropbacks.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The 1950s saw the Type 1 spread globally, especially swarming roads in the United States during the 1960s.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Huddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddling. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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