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

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 Thanet, Octave

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 West, Rebecca