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Recent Examples of hunched
Fellow wide receivers Chris Marshall and Cam Bates came over to celebrate with Brown before realizing he was still hunched over the ball and showed no signs of getting up.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
Describing his attacker as a White man, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, and wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, Heskett told Zajac the man had appeared to have been hunched near a tree when Heskett first saw him.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Persistent lower back pain, despite two surgeries to relieve a herniated disc a few years ago—blame an unathletic youth and an adulthood spent hunched over a computer.
—Peter J. Frank, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
On a large scale LED screen, a white cheeked spider monkey sits hunched over a smart phone within a smouldering virtual Brazilian forest landscape, occasionally glancing up at his viewers.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The sight of him, hunched over and sickly, gives Meiyun the chills.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
Describing his attacker as a White man, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, and wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, Heskett told Zajac the man had appeared to have been hunched near a tree when Heskett first saw him.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Persistent lower back pain, despite two surgeries to relieve a herniated disc a few years ago—blame an unathletic youth and an adulthood spent hunched over a computer.
—Peter J. Frank, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
On a large scale LED screen, a white cheeked spider monkey sits hunched over a smart phone within a smouldering virtual Brazilian forest landscape, occasionally glancing up at his viewers.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The sight of him, hunched over and sickly, gives Meiyun the chills.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunched
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The dance began with Irwin crouched atop a Jeep suped up for safari, with the junior conservationist correspondingly decked in the head-to-toe khaki uniform made famous by his dad.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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In one instance, a colleague entered Aber’s office to find an inmate crouched under his desk, according to an affidavit filed against Aber in the criminal case.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
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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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Meatball huddled with his bent cops, to figure out how to shut Kearney up once and for all.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Hunched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunched. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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