Example Sentences

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The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Six years earlier, I’d been hunched over a laptop in Melbourne, writing my way into a new career after selling my business.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Representatives from the Southwest Research Institute were on hand as well, using cameras to protect against what MLB describes as “postural integrity issues:” bent knees, hunched shoulders, a tucked chin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

When it rains in New York, people rush rush rush with their necks hunched low in their jackets and men stand at every street corner shouting, “Umbrella! Umbrella, five dollars!”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff