hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
was hunching
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past progressiveof hunch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was hunching up his shoulders and lowering his chin and getting ready to pull his head inside his shell.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
He saw that Bo was hunching up his shoulders against the cold, so he turned up his brother's collar.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
He had drawn near to her, as he always did, and was hunching his shoulders and making wriggling recessive movements such as a man might make who stood in darkness among moving pollutions.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
While Nelson spoke, Tim was hunching his shoulders forward in the darkness, listening with the whole of two sharp ears.
From Stories of a Western Town by Octave Thanet
