hunkered in English

verb
1
squat or crouch down low.
he hunkered down beside her
2
apply oneself seriously to a task.
students hunkered down to prepare for the examinations
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "hunkered" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "hunkered", or refer to the context using the word "hunkered" in the English Dictionary.

1. We were just hunkered down in our tents at Camp Three.

2. Fearing annihilation, Armenians hunkered down in Nagorno-Karabakh and fought for its liberation

3. 16 Locked out of the limelight, the trio hunkered down in a recording studio.

4. “Leader” Muammar Gadaffi is hunkered down in Tripoli, defended by army units from his tribe and mercenaries from black Africa.

5. ‘The fire Crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.’ ‘The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires Crackled and snapped quietly.’ ‘Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.’

6. ‘The fire Crackled and sparked, sending small bits of flame into the crisp night air.’ ‘The wind sang its gentle desert lullaby, and the prisoners' fires Crackled and snapped quietly.’ ‘Hunkered down in my studies, I'd hear the trailer suddenly begin to crackle like a beer can crushed in a fist.’