huddle
verb (used without object)
to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
are huddling
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present progressiveof huddle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some refugees unable to afford the new prices have found temporary shelter with friends and family, while others are huddling in their cars or in encampments set up across the city.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
The surge in cases and the uptick in hospitalizations could be due to waning levels of immunity, or because people are huddling together indoors against the crippling summer heat.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
With recessions looming in the United States and Europe, however, money managers expect another poor year for equities and are huddling around lower-risk trades.
From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022
But as the holiday season kicks off and temperatures approach freezing across much of the nation, families are huddling indoors at a time COVID-19 is accelerating at a disturbing pace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
Sheath'd is the river as it glideth by, Frost-pearl'd are all the boughs of forests old, The sheep are huddling close upon the wold, And over them the stars tremble on high.
From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Harrison S. (Harrison Smith) Morris
