Example Sentences

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Huddled around a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and flowers, those gathered demanded that the Inglewood Police Department adopt body-worn cameras, as many police agencies countrywide have done.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Huddled against the cold in a park near Paul's Reigate constituency, Dr Montgomery argues it is difficult to accurately predict if someone has six months left to live: a key strand of the bill.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

Huddled in a closet with her 2-year-old son as the storm passed over, she answered the phone screaming.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

Huddled under umbrellas outside a mortuary in Blantyre, grief-stricken families waited to identify loved ones.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2023

Huddled on the dock, they draped arms over one another’s shoulders and talked through their race plan, speaking softly but with more assurance, accelerating their advance along the rough road from boyhood to manhood.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown