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Recent Examples of hunched
The images from the doorbell camera show the intruder approaching the alcoved entryway of Guthrie’s house with his head down, walking hunched over, as if trying to avoid his face being seen.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Isabella threw the winning stone and hunched close to the ice, watching her brother sweep until their red stone knocked out the Americans’ yellow rock for a 6-5 victory.
—Julia Frankel, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
Time spent hunched over a screen, trading real, in-person interactions for virtual ones, has negatively impacted many of my clients.
—Brianna Hardcastle, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
As a young environmental scientist, David Epstein spent his days hunched over a plot of warming permafrost, monitoring carbon emissions bubbling up from the melt.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The early reports of the murder would continue to filter out to us, to me hunched in a friend’s small office in New York while taking notes, and to her in the back of a Minneapolis store while managing diaper distribution.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
The bettors sat hunched against the storm of his criticism.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
There could, even, be two Argentineans hunched over a chessboard quietly discussing their moves in Spanish.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The little boy went to school but was absent-minded, always hunched over books and filling the pages with endless drawings.
—Elena Banfi, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Isabella threw the winning stone and hunched close to the ice, watching her brother sweep until their red stone knocked out the Americans’ yellow rock for a 6-5 victory.
—Julia Frankel, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
Time spent hunched over a screen, trading real, in-person interactions for virtual ones, has negatively impacted many of my clients.
—Brianna Hardcastle, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
As a young environmental scientist, David Epstein spent his days hunched over a plot of warming permafrost, monitoring carbon emissions bubbling up from the melt.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The early reports of the murder would continue to filter out to us, to me hunched in a friend’s small office in New York while taking notes, and to her in the back of a Minneapolis store while managing diaper distribution.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
The bettors sat hunched against the storm of his criticism.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
There could, even, be two Argentineans hunched over a chessboard quietly discussing their moves in Spanish.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The little boy went to school but was absent-minded, always hunched over books and filling the pages with endless drawings.
—Elena Banfi, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunched
Verb
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The cameraman darted and crouched, arguably working harder than anyone else in the building to capture those breathless, in-your-face angles.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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Around the grave of one young man, his mother and grandmother quietly sob, his friends crouched down by the small mat of flower stems.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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At the end of last week, after another long day of talks in Abu Dhabi, Ukraine’s envoys huddled around a phone for a call with their boss, who was waiting in Kyiv to hear their report.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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By halftime, Gabby was huddled against her fiancé, barely watching the match.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Hunched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunched. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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