How to Use bunker in a Sentence

bunker

1 of 2 noun

• The ammunition is stored in concrete bunkers.
• The school – set to open in March – looks like a bunker.
  — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
• His pitch was short and rolled down the back of the green, behind a bunker.
  — Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2023
• The two of them were speaking in a bunker as the city was being shelled.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
• Most of the rest of the bunker is used by the U.S. Air Force for classified missions.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
• From a deep bunker, Skoler thumped a shot to 10 feet and rolled in the winning putt from right to left.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Both Rahm and McIlroy found the sand on their approach shots, with their lies wedged close to the steep walls of the bunker.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• His arms became a sort of trebuchet, flinging the ball 337 yards … over the bunker.
  — Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
• Lake and Ng also hid some of the victims in a bunker near the Wilseyville property.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Far ahead of his comrades, Gurung then charged the bunker with two smoke grenades and his kukri knife, the famed curved blade of the Gurkhas.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
• Aidan Kelly of Catholic Memorial chips his way out of a bunker on the 9th hole.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
• There are three bunkers near the green, which hardly has Britain’s smoothest putting surface.
  — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• Her tee shot on 11, a par-3, ended up in a bunker, leading to a bogey.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• The course remained tough, even though the R&A chose to rake sand in the bunkers toward the edges to keep golf balls from rolling next to the edges of the steep, vetted sides.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
• In a small bunker at the end of the fake street, Choi rallied Team Yellow to talk strategy.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• No one was injured, as personnel were in their bunkers at the time.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• Cantlay found a fairway bunker to the right off the tee, blasted out to wedge range and his shot to a front pin came off the green.
  — Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
• He was tied for the lead until going into the front bunker on the par-3 17th and taking bogey.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Count on Mayorkas to be the first person to go in the underground bunker after Biden.
  — Mark Green, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
• In other words, don't just think of your mudroom as a storage bunker.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Jan. 2023
• The fighters slept during the day in bunkers the Nazis couldn’t easily find, and came out of the sewers to fight at night.
  — Dinah Spritzer, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• When Fitzpatrick sank his par putt on the 18th hole for the win, after a brilliant fairway bunker shot to reach the green, the roar from the crowd said it all.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• The firing team stands beside a deep pit bunker, where a fireplace has been dug into the dirt wall.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
• When Rose finally gets to watch the finale in a neighboring bunker and the theme song plays?
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
• The story begins in Vault 33, one such bunker that is a prominent setting in the video games.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 23 Oct. 2023
• Then his drive from the 18th tee, which was heading for the center of the fairway, took an unlucky bounce to the left and cozied up next to a yawning bunker.
  — Bill Pennington Doug Mills, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
• There's a nine-acre practice area that includes a driving range, chipping and short game area, two sand bunkers, and a putting green.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2023
• The only element added in post was the slight sound of wind for the three locations in the scene: the bunker and two spectator viewpoints.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2024
• One of the videos was taken inside a bunker where young Israelis had taken shelter.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
• Rory McIlroy had a rough start, hitting the bunker on his tee shot on No. 4 and making bogey.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023

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bunker

2 of 2 verb

• They bunkered just enough coal to get them to the port.
• She bunkered her tee shot.
• The Cincinnati backline was pivotal in the second half as the home side began to bunker in.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 1 July 2018
• Better concrete forces bunker busters to raise their game.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 19 Sep. 2022
• Her best score at Park Ridge, a tight, cleverly bunkered, turn-of-the century course, is a 1-over 73.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2019
• Mask up and bunker down next to the indoor palm tree, dunk fried plantain discs into creamy black beans, and repeat.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
• And then on the par-5 13th, DeChambeau went from deep rough to deep rough to bunker, blasting out of the sand over the green next to a beer box, making double bogey.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2021
• This time, management held firm through a 232-day strike and the cancellation of the World Series, bunkered in until the end.
  — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 18 July 2017
• After spending the past five months bunkered at the league’s hub in Texas, Buckley had time to reflect on the twists and turns of a 10-week season that ended with a 1-9 record.
  — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
• This will be a good weekend to bunker in either at home or your favorite pub and enjoy some soccer.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
• The Norse were on the back foot and forced to bunker down for long stretches, but that was to be expected against one of the most monied sides in American soccer's lower leagues.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Others might search for hotels or bunker down for an uncomfortable night of chair sleep.
  — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• The image features Ackles and Padalecki, minus their quarantine beards, hanging in the Men of Letters bunker with the tape ball.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• This means that the Canadians could reasonably bunker down in the rematch, preferring to focus on defense to grind out a draw.
  — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 15 Nov. 2019
• Los Angeles’ defense intercepted Derek Carr three times and managed to bunker down and keep the Raiders out of the end zone multiple times in the fourth quarter.
  — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• Hours later, Iran hurled ballistic missiles at U.S. forces bunkered in bases in western and northern Iraq.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2020
• In the photo, Padalecki and Ackles are seen sitting at the end of the table in the Men of Letters bunker with the infamous tape ball positioned closer to the camera — wearing a mask.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• Said pick will be made three days from now, and as the draft looms Thursday, the picture will continue to clarify as teams bunker down and make their final preparations.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 17 June 2019
• And by this summer, the company’s (and the world’s) first-ever carbon-neutral vessel should hit the water in South Korea, while the port of Shanghai will bunker its green fuel.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• But will an all-out attack work against teams that won’t bunker — in particular, a potential matchup with host France in the quarterfinals?
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
• Vancouver was bunkered into its defensive third protecting a 1-0 lead when the Dynamo went to work.
  — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2018
• Stann had just walked out of the campus barber shop when an announcement came over the loudspeaker that all midshipmen were to bunker down with their companies.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Aegean Marine sells bunkering fuel, serving cruise ships, container ships and, for a period, the U.S. Navy.
  — Costas Paris, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• Sixteen teams can stop trying to operate in a global pandemic and let their employees go home and bunker with loved ones.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• If so, Trump and his senior staff will bunker down on the issue -- simply refusing to say anything either way about the existence of a recording system.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 9 June 2017
• Kelly denounced the tweet as harming a marginalized community, while Musk bunkered down in the Twitter reply trenches.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2023
• Outlook: South Africa, which has not won a game this year, bunkered in front of its net and frustrated the U.S. for more than 70 minutes before eventually conceding two late goals in a 3-0 loss last month.
  — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• The Swedes bunkered in on defense and advanced on penalties after a 1-1 draw, handing the United States its earliest-ever exit from the Olympic tournament.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2019
• His forgettable shots included bunkering a wedge after a perfect 319-yard drive on No.
  — Randy Youngman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
• Sweden bunkered on defense and afterward then-U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo called the team cowards.
  — Anne M. Peterson, courant.com, 12 June 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024