| 单词 | hunch |
| 例句 | Yet they had been hunched over that table almost like they were—plotting something? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The next day, Bridge sat alone backstage in the auditorium, hunched over her phone. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He sat on the floor, hunched over his arm, shoulders stooped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Hazel hunched over and threw her hands in front of her face, as if there was any protection to be had. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The woman beside him, whose arm he held, was hunched over as she shuffled along in her soft slippers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He finds Rafael Luna hunched at his office’s open window, sucking down a cigarette. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her eyes were bright, and her shoulders, once frail and hunched, were now straight and firm. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I continue down the path, clearing the first bend to find him on his knees, hunched over the ground. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And the woman who is my mother stands behind him, shorter than me, her shoulders hunched, a black shawl knotted at her neck over her blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her back' was hunched like the handle of a pitcher. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was spring now, but Shirley, hunched in her coat, walked as if there were still snow on the ground. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z At other times, Daniel Ellsberg hunched over a legal pad, making notes for his lawyers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Every now and then, on a hunch, I’d move to another room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the street I saw Marcus, still hunched over on the curb and crying hard. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Calluses formed on my fingertips, my eye grew skilled at selecting friendlier fabrics to piece into the same block, and my neck is now accustomed to hunching over my work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The walls turned to gray cement, and die ceiling got so low that pretty soon we were hunching over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The van’s rear doors had no windows, so I was hunched over in total darkness for a second, until my fingers found the old power strip I’d duct-taped to the ceiling. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But he hunched his shoulders and rubbed his arms and Sefia knew he was cold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He sits down, hunches over .his desk, and fixes his eyes on me like I’m a suspect he needs to crack. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Hazel sat hunched under the firs, worrying dismally. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I smiled a little and hunched down in the wagon until I was sure he couldn’t see me over the rim. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I have a hunch this is not one of her ordinary notes. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ogion never spoke to him, but gave him meat and water and let him sit hunched by the fire, grim as a great, weary, sulking hawk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The king sat by the central fireplace, hunched up on a carven stool by the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Once, as I walked through thick forest in a downpour, I suddenly saw a chimp hunched in front of me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Two hours into the climb, the wind kicked up so fiercely that it was all he could do to hunch down and cling to the rock, praying he would not beblown off the mountain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She sits hunched over in the chair and she keeps her jacket zipped up. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He hit a switch, hunched down in his chair, and put his head close to the viewing screen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Max and I are left standing inside a circle of eager people, and even Helena sits to watch, shoulders hunched in anticipation. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Bark? Yes. This is Nimbus. I want you to sell all my shares in the shuttle port. Yes, all of them. I have a hunch the price is about to take a severe dive.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z On a hunch, I maneuver my way to the side aisle, and to the racks of canned soda, which are also beginning to disappear. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Jello hunched forward and Silver shot a fierce glance at him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as they were finishing, a leopard seal loomed through the mist, hunching itself across the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He was hunched in his seat, swaying a little. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Seated in the upper right, Dr. Strayer wore glasses, his neck slightly hunched. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Adina saw no repeat of the mysterious lights, but she hunched closer to the fire, grateful for its light like some primitive ancestor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “That night they moved the statue and I stayed in the washroom and didn’t get caught. That was a hunch. Even if I didn’t know it was a hunch at the time.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Librarians on ladders like specters in gray, and scholars in scarlet hunched at their tables. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My back ached from hunching over my task for so long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The man he ushered in had his head hunched between his shoulders and looked neither right nor left as he followed Cockerell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She glanced across the small, stove-warmed room at a gaunt figure hunched in a rocking chair—Walter Hickock, her husband and the father of Richard Eugene. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His laugh turned into a raspy wheeze, and he stopped hauling on his rope to hunch over and cough. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Its iron-crowned battlements, massive towers, and thick red walls gave it the aspect of a ferocious beast hunched above river and streets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pressure gauges and computer terminals lined the opposite wall A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn’t notice us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My hunch, though, is that he already knew. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The hulk, the hunching sitter, brought a third box now, to rest his feet on. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was painted red and yellow, a light, single-engine aircraft with a figure in dark glasses and helmet hunched over the controls. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Dorothy’s hunch that those who knew how to program the devices wouldn’t want for work was a correct one. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Again and again he would stop, hunch over his ski poles to collect himself for several minutes, then summon the energy to struggle onward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I stand hunched, twigs and leaves tangled in my hair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The boat was crammed with people, but in the dark I couldn’t recognize their hunched backs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not a maternal drudge, her mind pressed flat, her shoulders hunched under the burden of housework and care of others, brutalized by a bear of a man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ares seemed to hunch down even further, as if crushed by the weight of the anger against him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He realized that after so many years of hunches and suspicions, the time had come to bring in the experts, the spy hunters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Tom looks at her, then hunches over, looking down at the palms of his hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s on his knees now, all hunched and puckered. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran hunched down as best he could, but even so, the top of his head was soon scraping and bumping against the ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In a very few minutes, Lieutenant Baker’s hunch will make history. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They were hunched like mice near a can fire, not even a stove, on the floor, hungry and irritable. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, slumped behind it, she’d never looked so small, the whiteboard as big as the sky over her tiny, hunched shoulders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But Hooper could not hear him, he was hunched forward, his neck bent over, and his face buried in his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “We don’t need that kind of trouble,” she said sadly, still hunched patiently against the storm like a horse, with her eyes squinched half-shut, immobile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom hunched over the lobster stock, and I saw a locket dangle from her neck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He felt ashamed, and when he went out for walks he hunched his shoulders, wanting to be as invisible as an insect with diaphanous wings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I hunched down in my seat and immediately texted Daisy. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They all three hunched themselves in the grass and nibbled while the rain ran off their fur in streams. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the largest and most magnificent cathedral in London,” said Millard, “and if my hunch is correct, it’s also the nesting place of Miss Wren’s pigeons.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The ceiling started to dip lower and lower, to the point that Nathan had to hunch forward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It hunched over, standing on six legs but using the front two to feel the ground in front of it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A kind of hunching of the shoulders, pulling in of the neck, as though she wanted to cover her ears. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman walked in, hunching his shoulders under his wet suit jacket. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As we turn a corner, we find Marcus hunched atop a prone form, his face stretched into a savage leer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Lowering myself, hunched over like one of those not-quite-bipedal wild boys who’d been raised by wolves or monkeys, I gathered up my discarded clothes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He hunched himself up on a hip and brushed the pants. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw that Bo was hunching up his shoulders against the cold, so he turned up his brother's collar. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders hunched and his neck sank into them, as if he were compressing under the weight of Dad’s praise. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All I can picture are Tess’s hunched, narrow shoulders and wide eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I stood up straight, with a sense of novelty, and realized that I had been walking in a severe hunch for some time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Arm hunched down like a spider about to spring. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A bone weary farmer eyed us suspiciously from where he sat, hunched over the reins. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I have a hunch it isn’t going to take off,” said Clara without looking up from her knitting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had worried for her, that she might become hunched and lame, as people did when their wounds went unhealed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I still have my seat belt on and am hunched over my knees, gagging. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Yup. I know. But I’m going to roll the dice on a hunch.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Without a word, he hunched his shoulders and left the house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Finally, my mother went to the kitchen and made plates of cold meat and leftover potato salad, which she brought to the three of us hunched about the set. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hunched like a wrestler, moving my head from side to side, making sure no sneak slipped up on me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Bill Volt found them in the morning, hunched up in their cages, staring with glassy, half-open eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Twenty-six! . . . Twenty -seven! . . . Twenty -eight! . . He was like a shark. He had the blood lust. The victims were hunched and trembling, walking the gangplank. “Thirty-/o#r/ . Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked with his shoulders hunched high and his mouth drooping down. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Finn hunched over his lemonade, fighting the urge to knock Jonas off his stool. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The owner hunched in his chair, pretending not to notice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes hurt and my back feels achy from being hunched over the laptop for hours. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z While hunched over the magazine, looking for more letters to cut out, a pair of leather-sandaled feet suddenly appeared. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Bridge bounced off the bed and sat in her desk chair, hunching forward to face Emily. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Leslie hunched up her shoulder and rubbed her ear with the sleeve of her sweatshirt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He kept his gaze on a tall white woman hurrying ahead, hair flying behind her, knapsack hunched on her back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon, the crowd of gnomes in the field started walking away in a straggling line, their little shoulders hunched. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Nearby, I see one of his spies, a wrinkled creature with a nose like a parsnip and a back hunched higher than her head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Swaying in his wicker basket on Hodor’s back, the boy hunched down, ducking his head as the big stableboy passed beneath the limb of an oak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He is hunched with his face in shadow. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I face Ms. Washington, standing in front of the whiteboard, and when she sees me look her way, she glances at Zoey and then crosses her hands over her chest, hunches her shoulders, and smiles. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z In the silence, I stay hunched in my chair and try not to meet Keira’s bewildered stare. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes and rolled forward till I was hunched up with my forehead pressed onto the grass. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the one full-length mirror in ladies’ wear, a medium-tall figure is hunched over a cart, her face pinched in absurd concentration—surely not me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm steps to the center of the room, his hunched back to the kitchen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Bryce is hunched over the can opener, spinning it and spinning it and spinning it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I lick my lips, already thirsty, and hunch beneath the paltry shade of the Jack tree to consider my predicament. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Scholars in scarlet robes were hunched at long tables, and they all looked up from their scrolls and tomes, eyes grim with disapproval. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The night air was like a whip against her skin, and she pulled the hood of the cloak over her head and hunched her shoulders against the cold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Miyax hunched forward on her elbows, the better to see and learn. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Max hunches forward and tiptoes over to the half-circle work station where all the computers and chairs are clustered. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He hunched over close to the mute and his voice dropped to a drunken whisper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He raises skeptical eyebrows and starts to say something, but a coughing fit overtakes him until he’s hunched over and thumping his heart with his fist. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of the women too, but mostly he noticed the men, how they hunched their shoulders, how they stood their short collars against the fine lines of rain. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits cross-legged on the bed, hunched over the lyrics, when he hears a knock on the door. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His words ring in my ears, but all I can see is my mom hunched over, trying desperately to calm down enough to say something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Her father hunches over his slanted ink-stained table by the window, sketching, smoking, listening to the Voice of America. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They gave themselves fifteen minutes to drink things in and get a hunch about the person. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She stood back with her arms crossed, shoulders hunched, dark stiff hair in her eyes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He hunched down and put a hand to his head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I see him all hunched over, shuffling off to the bathroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He is hunched in such a way that beneath his shirt his thin shoulder blades have a certain lumpy look. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a lawn chair in the living room, hunched over like a hunchback, sorting puzzle pieces. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a hunch it was there, but couldn't name any other countries on the continent. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Just Fang, hunched up alone in his skanky basement. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I know that faeries are not gods—maybe I know that better than any mortal alive—but neither have I ever seen one hunched over a bedpan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They both hunched next to Håkon, who was comfortably warm even after the long trek. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They hunched down and crept toward the stronghold like police detectives on TV. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Naked from the waist up, his vertebrae extruded from his skinny back as he hunched over the desk, working. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z After class I remember him kind of hunched over with the book in his lap. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I imagine her hunched shoulders, her head in her hands, her brave face finally gone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Now there she was with a corpse, a stack of petri dishes, and the pathologist, Dr. Wilbur, who stood hunched over the autopsy table. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Sidana was more ratlike than ever, so hunched over that he scurried on all fours when he wasn't talking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Others walk as if injured inside, hunched and limping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I was still hunched behind the bush, trying to decide what to do, when the decision was made for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Tree-ear stole silently over the frozen ground, edged along the wall of the shed, and after a quick glance around, hunched over to put his eye to a shoulder-level knothole. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “It sure looked like a hunch of people were on his side at the festival,” Mari said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And there was Billy, thin and wizened and slightly hunched, like a walking stick that had warped in the rain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s helper rode a black pony, hunching low over its neck with his face in the mane. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was easy for me to imagine myself hunched over a keyboard, pounding out reams of deathless, hard-boiled prose. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As the sun rose that morning over the apple orchards and fields to the east of town, she opened her books and hunched over them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a particularly horrific example, a pair of twins—one with a hunched back—were sewn together surgically to determine if a shared spine would correct the disability. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She was hunched over, pulling new ones out of a sack and cracking them open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He must hunt it by guess, by hunch, by luck, even as it had hunted him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “See how they hunch? How they cling to the wall?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She stepped forward to the contestant’s podium, which had a skeleton in a school uniform hunched over it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He relit his cigar, then hunched forward, restively, both arms on the cherry wood surface. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He hunched his coat together and we started off. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Where had he seen that frog-like face, that tortoise-like neck, that hunched up attitude—yes and those pale shrewd little eyes? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “No idea,” said Harry, which was not entirely true, though he had no proof yet that his hunch was correct. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Hollister hunched on the bench, his dreadlocks draped forward over his shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Instead he walked through the front door like a defeated athlete—head low, shoulders hunched, a sack of disappointment sitting on his chest like an anvil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Daddy’s hunched over his desk, his back moving up and down with each heavy breath. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure imagines him hunched on the davenport, mumbling children’s rhymes and watching ghosts shuttle through the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stare at a homeless guy crossing the street, hunched down and slow, and it makes me even more impatient. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I groaned, hunching over and curling up like a grub to avoid the light. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the hoosh was cooked, Crean doled it out into six bowls, and the men ate it scalding hot, hunched under the decking. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Philadelphia was the smell of the summer sun, of burnt asphalt, of sizzling meat from food carts tucked into street corners, foreign brown men and women hunched inside. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We either sat up straight in our chairs or hunched down close over our plates. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I still have my arm encircling his hunched back. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I looked around the room and saw the boy from Hemme’s class hunched over a book, taking notes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had avoided me since we last talked, but sitting next to me now, his eyes damp, his shoulders hunched, he didn't look angry. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He hunches his shoulders, opens and closes his hands, takes a deep breath. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I grasped it hunched by body, placed my bare feet on the rough trunk, and began to climb. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my hunch a secret but had the manuscript authenticated by an expert. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I hunch my shoulders up like I don’t care about the office, but deep down inside I feel kind of bad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Twelve feet away Bloom was hunched over, coughing a little, hawking up phlegm, gasping, trying to calm down so that he wouldn’t be sick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hunched up in his chair, his thick-skulled, heavy head hung forward. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ainsley comes over to us the same way Darius usually does, with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders slightly hunched over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They merely stared, with their useless weapons drawn, their shoulders hunched against my laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat there hunched up, gloomy and silent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There’s only one way to find out, Root. Are you willing to bet Captain Short’s life on your hunch?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A patch of grass caught fire, lit up, and Ugwu saw a ferret by the cluster of trees ahead, hunched like a giant tortoise. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Stephanie and I had been in touch all weekend, collecting information to back up my hunch that Noah was the cyberbigot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Every weekend, I’d pay my bill—anywhere from fifty to even one hundred dollars, if I had really plunged on some hunch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A ceiling slams onto the walls around us with a crack, and Four hunches over, groaning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This knowledge provoked another fit of coughing in Sarah Ruth, and she hunched over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I hunch over the toilet moaning and hacking, but it won’t come so I wash my mouth out and get into bed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I could barely connect the anxious person hunched down every week in front of us to the funny woman who, under the inspiration of wine, launched into comedy routines in our kitchen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “If you give me your pack, I’ll carry it back to town . . .” “Oh no you won’t,” she growled, sliding her arms through the straps and hunching the weight up into place. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw another Latino kid, one who couldn’t have been much older than himself, hunched over on a bench, blood on his jeans. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The monster hunched over, snuffling my best friend, as if he were about to lift Grover up and make him dissolve too. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Bill was sitting hunched over the desk, reading Popular Mechanics. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Lydia hunched over, her hands on the wheel, watching him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It sat hunched next to me, munching slowly as if it wanted to make the morsel last. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Bailey and I looked at each other and I hunched my chair closer to him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When a worker at last called her name, Ann walked over to a large desk where a white woman hunched over a stack of papers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the floor, cross-legged, his back to me hunched over his work, and I decided to keep watching without saying a word. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s walking quickly, striding out of the underpass, his shoulders hunched over and his fists clenched, and before I can stop myself, I call out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The end of it was this hunched black beast made of razor edges and barbs and ribbons of sharp metal; a chair that could kill a man, and had, if the stories could be believed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All the pride and strength seemed to drain out of him, his shoulders hunched up and his head hanging down in resignation. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Methuselah hunched his shoulders and sidled away from the door. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with sticky fingers washed, Abby and I started out with the lighter aqua color, and before long Wynn was hunched over the frame, helping. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I kept my hunch a secret but had the manuscript authenticated by an expert. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Struggling with her steak, Mary Anne looked hunched and bruised beneath the pale blue dress that covered her delicately, as though the dust had been scraped from a butterfly wing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And then from behind the workshop came, in a sort of lurching limp, a shape the size of a large dog, but hunched and heavy in the shoulders, which stood and stared at them directly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Hazel turned toward the sound and in a few moments made out, under a clump of hemlock, the hunched shape of a rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She skips over to my side of the room, where I’m hunched over Sovereign Cities of the Supernatural World, and plops down on the end of my bed. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I stayed hunched in the dark, wondering what to do here. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z My shoulders hunch down as I feel weakness on me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I wait a few more seconds, then make a gagging sound and hunch over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The scientist’s large head hunched forward, “Say that again!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And finally Ruby Archuleta and Onofre Martinez ushered him to a seat in the first pew, where he sat hunched over with tears in his eyes, intermittently rumbling for the duration of the meeting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always inside, hunched over his desk. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabe found himself looking down on his enemy, who was hunched over on the ground, whimpering. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He felt that black shapes were advancing to smother him; but when he sat up he saw nothing but the back of Strider sitting hunched up, smoking his pipe, and watching. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I hunched down and thumbed through the stack of envelopes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hunched forward, not looking back, trudging his way to practice, and I wondered if there’d even be enough players there to run a play. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I stood in the middle of the floor, hunching. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His shoulders hunched and his cheeks sagged like they were too tired to cling to the bone beneath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You have minds,” Bastian murmurs one evening in the refectory, each boy hunching almost imperceptibly farther over his food as the commandant’s finger grazes the back of his uniform. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Buried from root to crown in frozen snow, they huddled on the hill like giants, monstrous and misshapen creatures hunched against the icy wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was hunched over, and the fact that he was barefoot despite an acute arthritic condition made me uncomfortable in my own sandals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was camped in my cranium, hunched over, bald and squinting, trying to read, trying to please, trying to keep his son alive and the wolves away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As he drew closer, he could make out at least six forms hunched around the fire. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z For years Francis had been trying to tell him what was important, but the more dispassionately he considered his life, the more he knew he had been wise to follow up his own hunches. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He had always pictured her as shriveled and hunched over, for he knew she was very, very old. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Will saw blazing blue eyes in a haggard face with several days’ growth of beard on the stubborn jaw, gray-haired, drawn with pain, a thin body hunched in a heavy cloak trimmed with feathers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He winces and hunches his shoulders, preparing for a second strike. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Union guns firing, men moving among the guns, hunched, a bloody horse running eerily by, three-legged, horrible sight, running toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he stared up at Pastor Emerson, looking like he’d cry if he heard the word “father” one more time, all hunched shoulders and gripped hands, made me shrink up inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he saw himself hunched over his rooming house desk, working on his master’s thesis; he remembered the lonely desperation with which he’d worried the equations. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch sat astride the stern, hunched forward, pounding the wood, screaming words no one could hear. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I walk over to Margo, hand her the phone, and linger there as she sits with her shoulders hunched, listening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Exhilarated by speed, I hunched over the handlebars and pedaled hard. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I watched her walk away, her back hunched a little, and I wondered how it was, when I swore I wouldn’t connect with anyone, that she already meant so much to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z When Houseman heard Welles read, he knew that his hunch about the actor had been right. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But when I peeked at Callum, hunched over and silent, my insides felt weird. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I try to stand up straighter, but my muscles feel like a cage, holding my shoulders hunched. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My shoulders hunch, hands instantly land on muffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He got up and hobbled around for a while, all hunched over, howling and moaning like some injured werewolf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She doesn’t say anything, but I can see the pleasure in her body language, the way she hunches hungrily over the bills and runs her good hand across their crisp surfaces. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The more Ralph thought about it, the stronger his hunch became. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Ezekiel joined us and we searched for my mother, tapping women on the shoulder as they sat, hunched over, on the ground, or stood in stunned silence. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He sat hunched over at the table, angrily drumming with his fingers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z His gray eyebrows hunched low as he spoke between puffs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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!” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “That woman who lives over near the marketplace. You know the one? Her husband walks hunched over because he has a twisted back. He was with her but he didn’t go up for a trade.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I crossed the street with my shoulders hunched and my head down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Bobby seemed unafraid of the cigar-smoking adepts hunched over their boards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He sat hunched over our poster board, checking it for the millionth time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She stops and shows me: furrowed brow, down-turned mouth, shoulders hunched to the ears. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The orator, still gripping the neck of the microphone, his shoulders hunched forward, his free hand claw-ing at the air, had gone straight on with his speech. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mostly she avoided them and everyone else, hiding when she could, scurrying along hidden, secret paths around the village, her head down and shoulders hunched. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, my neck grows tense and I feel myself shrink, hunching my shoulders protectively, ready to let my arms fly up and protect my face from the Doctorita’s fists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob English hunches over his drawing and says nothing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Art thou ready?” he inquired again, hunching over the control panel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ishmael, with his shoulders hunched, his collar turned up, his pinned coat sleeve whipping in the wind, slogged through the snow to his office. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z What tempered his guilt was the hunch that if Travis was watching them from some lofty vantage point, he was happy for them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Hollister hunched on the bench, his dreadlocks draped forward over his shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Above their heads the trees were full of ravens, their feathers fluffed as they hunched on bare brown branches, staring down at the pageantry below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Prosper hunched his shoulders as if a cold draft had gone down his neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Here came the Chief Rabbi, hunched over, his face strange looking w’ithout a beard, a bundle on his back. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Bushes between houses seemed filled with pools of darkness, and people hunched against the cold looked dangerous. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who gets hunches,” said Ear sullenly, “/wasn’t the one who tangled with the Blue Monkey.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Quisqueya took a quick look at me before turning back to my mom and hunching over her coffee mug. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They were sitting on the steps like that—Mama hunched, Papa tending the blackening rings—one morning a few days before we left camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of the impressors made Sefia hunch her shoulders, suddenly conscious of how exposed she was in this sea of strangers, these watchers and whisperers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He turned then to Jethro, who stood beside the counter, his body hunched together as if in an effort to make himself as inconspicuous as possible. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It advanced like an inchworm, hunching up in the middle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It hunched low, claws retracting from the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The thin shoulders were hunched forward so as to make a cavity of the chest, the scraggy neck seemed to be bending double under the weight of the skull. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Royal Brougham, hunched over an NBC microphone, began to call the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I have a hunch there might be no actual rooms at all, that when you walk into the “audition studio,” it’s actually just a direct drop-off to the street below. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Over ten feet tall, even hunched over, he shuffled through the mass of insects. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I crept back to the colored side and hunched over the water fountain as the girl in white relayed all this to him, using a lot of hand gestures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a short, wrinkly prune of a woman with poofy gray hair who disapproved of everything and walked with a hunched back that made her look even shorter and wrinklier than she already was. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Too late he saw a familiar hunched figure emerging from the rear door of the shop, directly next the pouring table. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z You’re hunched over with your butt sticking up, your feet pressed hard against the pedals, your itchy palms raised, with just the tips of your fingers on the gritty track, waiting. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The man pointed a finger at Marigold, still hunched over the side of the basket, practicing her new Talent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z A cloaked figure is hunched over a worktable filled with bubbling cauldrons, vials of neon-colored liquid, and candles dripping wax. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I hunch up like a sad turtle and try to ignore him, but he’s now throwing sticks and dirt at me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I remembered him as a strange, shrunken man, his shoulders hunched as though burdened by a terrible weight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macromolecules or the attraction between similar chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Several were hunched over in their cages, paying no attention to her as she passed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Through the steamy panes of the glassed- in cubbyhole that served as the coaches’ office, they could see Ulbrickson and Bolles hunched over a desk in their flannel suits, studying a piece of paper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As Rishi sat there, hunched over his sketch pad, the stub of a pencil in his hand, the other hand curled around the corner of the paper, Dimple knew he wasn’t really there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the web of light and shadow, Tanin hunched over the desk, smoothing the edges of the paper over and over until her fingertips were red and raw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My shoulders hunch slightly forward to cover any signs of my developing young-lady body. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But he was very far away, so far that he appeared smaller than Sumac hunched in his little basket. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Colonel Windham was hunched over a report when Bull peeked through the door and said, “Yes, sir, Luther?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth was hunched over her sewing machine, intent on getting a new dress ready for the Christmas season, and it is yet another green gown, cheap and frail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I stood up straighter, because I had been a little hunched in anticipation of the hug that seemed not to be forthcoming. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Walking alongside Woods, hunched against the cold, was the world-famous Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mapper was nearby, hunched over some scrap of paper and fiddling with his glasses, ignoring the play entirely. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Kelly gave George a thumbs-up sign and hunched over in her seat. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She’d stand there on her hind feet, hunched over, and take a roaring swing at him with one of those big front claws. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my body hunched over, my head hanging over the gutter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I told the detectives I had a hunch about who might have burned you,” Chrissie said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z For a moment, Renzo stood hunched, just like the old man he had once been. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As I stand hunched over the sink, rinsing the shampoo out of my hair, thoughts of Mrs. Mendez surface. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I hunched over like an old man, protecting, I guess, my ribs—they hurt more when I stood straight. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was really heavy and moved around her place really slow, hunched over a plain black cane made of wood. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s just say that I have a hunch you two will get along. That and you’re pretty much the only boy on the team I trust to help my dead friend’s son.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A man whose face was covered by long hair, and a full and long beard, hunched over the keyboard, pounding away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Bill crept up behind him, placed a shoulder against his rear and hunched. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting on their bed, his back hunched, his shoulders heaving silently. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Beside them, a balding man with hunched shoulders clutched the wooden police barricade for balance, swaying with the jostling crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He wore his blue denim coat over his shoulders like a cape, and he walked hunched way over. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man Daedalus was hunched over a worktable, wrestling with some kind of navigational instrument, like a huge compass. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z With her shoulders hunched, Percy could see the bleeding gash on her back where Phineas had hit her with the weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m surprised how fast I got used to the cold even though the wind makes me hunch up my shoulders and walk fast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The wind whipped Lissa’s hair around her face, and she hunched her shoulders against the cold. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Probably studying in his room or hunched over his cipher books or logic puzzles with Steve defying gravity, like a diving board of hair sticking off his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z People with hunched shoulders and their jacket hoods up are walking their dogs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Uncle splashed majestically through the puddles of water on the ground, slightly hunched over so I could cover him with the umbrella. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wick file was splayed out messily in front of her, and she hunched, over it, her back to Sierra, flipping through pages and mumbling to herself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z And while the archangels are preparing the courtroom and the blessed tune their harps and certain others lie hunching under their fires, the ladies will be dashing hysterically in and out of fitting rooms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She merely hunched over and pouted at the floor. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I just hunched over my workbook, promising myself that I would never use the Palmer method outside the classroom. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawyers typically have little information about potential jurors, so their decisions to strike individual jurors tend to be based on nothing more than stereotypes, prejudices, and hunches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He smiles quick up at me, then hunches back over an elaborate machine made of rocks, marbles, sticks and rubber bands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing before him, I realized for the first time how hunched his shoulders were, and he seemed suddenly sad and kind of old. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Henry sat in his empty house, hunched over the table and a tumbler of whiskey. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My mom’s shoulders hunch down and a little excitement drains out of her face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She motioned to Håkon, who was hunched down, hair hanging over his face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I find him at one of the lab tables with Bilal, hunched over stacks of bubbled answer sheets, sorted by class hour. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Meliton Naranjo was sitting in the doorway of the chopper, desultorily hunched over, smoking a cigarette; the pilot had stretched out on the grass nearby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She hunched over and murmured to herself, and I swear I saw silver symbols etched in the air before they disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He is hunched above me like a dog, one hand rubbing hard at my skin and the other unbuttoning his trousers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was almost at the top of the hill when it occurred to him—a hunch he knew was a truth—that Jack Dandy and the rest of them were gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Aunt Consuelo jerked her thumb at her husband, who was hunched over the radio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The sun was going down, and the round-faced man was hunched over on a boulder, with his back to the cold wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Death was the only thing that made any sense as she hunched underground, plucked some soil, rubbed it between her fingers, and waited for the bunker to explode. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And yet she doesn’t hunch or shuffle like the other slaves. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Claudio sat down heavily, hunched over, head hanging, staring at the ground, listening to the horses nosing apart the hay, listening also to the quiet country and western strains from Marvin LaBlue’s radio. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Estraven, however, was on the track of his luck, following what appeared to be hunch or intuition, but may have been applied experience and reasoning. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She hunched over and clicked away at the keyboard. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I finally drifted off close to dawn, still hunched over from the pain in my gut. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Even half a block behind him, I could see Sal’s body hunch and slow down. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z His back was hunched over from untold nights spent studying. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But I slow down, make myself trudge past the well and into the courtyard, shoulders hunched, like I’ve had a long night at work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I race outside, hunched over to keep Mango warm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They were obedient to the letter, but they were quiet and hunched as they went about the work, as though it were retribution rather than deliverance, a scolding rather than kindness, she intended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He stood panting for a moment and then he climbed into the rig and whipped Doxology and he drove away, his shoulders hunched, without saying good-by. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu looked inside the study and saw him sitting on the only chair left, with a broken-off leg, so that he propped it against the wall for balance, hunched over half-burned papers and files. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the other hand, there was absolutely no evidence against our hunch. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I picture my father hunched by the back door, lacing his steel-toed boots and threading his callused hands into welding gloves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His shoulders hunched, he stares intently into the gutter of the street. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Sara is sitting on the floor in the hallway, hunched over her sketchbook. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I hunch over the edge of Mom’s pod. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When Ted said “rage,” I saw my father slamming into a wall, posters being ripped to shreds, Fang hunched up in the La-Z-Boy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z On a hunch, Mrs. Richardson looked up the number for the registrar at the New York School of Fine Arts. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His talent didn’t necessarily reside in a wisdom for capital and markets but rather in an expert and unflinching opportunism, the hunch for the big kill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Of course Obinze did not look well, shoulders hunched from stress, in clothes borrowed from his cousin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His posture was twisted and hunched, as if Tartarus’s breaking the spear had broken something inside him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By morning light, the books are all hunched together again with their spines turned out, fossilized, inanimate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders are hunched up around his ears so his strawberry hair disappears into his collar, and the infinitesimal tilt of his head tells me he’s been listening to everything we’ve said. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Pudge was hunched over crocheting a tablecloth under her desk. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Taker, wearing that coat, walking home with those same hunched shoulders. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The bats hunched over, twitching at what Gregor supposed were sounds he couldn’t even hear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood to the side, her shoulders hunched. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her back was to them, but they could see her shoulders hunched. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Still hunched over, I shake my head vehemently. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He put on his glasses and hunched over and fished through his papers, his beard crushed on his chest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't move, remembering how Max wrote in that book as she sat hunched over it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z OUR places of comfort are expectedly different, my friends and I. Elizabeth’s is hunched over her sewing machine trying to make her life look seamless, store-bought. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But by the end of the day, my neck is sore and my shoulders are hunched from the weight of it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He sat with his shoulders hunched, his eyes squeezed shut in concentration, and his hands clasped tightly together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He peered through the crack at his mother’s hunched shoulders. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And now I had a hunch Cletus’s admiration for Ob had just shot up about ten points. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I hunched my shoulders against it and looked about for a wagon or carriage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A broad, hunched woman with pointed teeth cackled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he hunched forward again and put his face in his palms, as if he was remembering a time he went through this. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He pulled up his hood and hunched over his garron, silent and sullen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boy hunched down as if struck, making Tyrion fed absurdly guilty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch hunched down in the stern, looked Don Hume in the eyes, and growled at him to keep it steady at twenty-nine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Brienne paused to listen for a moment, broad shoulders hunched and thick arms crossed against her chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They set out at gray dawn, driving between the grape trees, which hunched like dwarfs in the fields. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In her mind’s eye, Sefia saw herself hunched over the book, growing frail and nearsighted as the years piled up around her and the lights of her life burned low. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I hunch my shoulders so that the black of my outfit and hair help me melt into the darkness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Alec sat hunched over the controls, his face slack and his eyes empty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She resists it, getting up as usual, putting her hand on the wall or on the edges of the furniture as she walks, standing hunched over at the kitchen sink, a cardigan over her shoulders. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She entered in a rush, and swept to the middle of the floor where the girl sat, hunched and stiff, ready to resist to the last. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Although the officers weren’t really interested in the traffic violation, they stopped the pair anyway because they had a “hunch” they might be in possession of illegal drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Next to him, I press my knees together, hunch my shoulders. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The dogs trotted around the house corner hunching their shoulders and grinning horribly with pleasure. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He had slightly stooped shoulders, as if his spine and neck had frozen in place after too much time hunched over a keyboard. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And down below her was a figure—it moved quickly from side to side; it hunched its shoulders; it looked from left to right to left again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And by cake picnic, I mean drama kids hunched over the box like vultures shoveling cake by the fistful. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z His rheumatism must have been bothering him because he was slightly hunched over and was keeping an eye on Mr. van Daan with an agonized expression on his face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Those animals were hunched up, each in its own cage. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, sitting hunched up in the cargo area, Alex had recognized the two bundles lying on the floor next to him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Meggie thought they looked like birds hunching their heads down beneath their wings in case someone might knock them off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I awoke at daybreak, I saw Juliek facing me, hunched over, dead. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver was standing uncomfortably, slightly hunched over. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Abigail had wagered her reputation, her job, and perhaps her overall career on a hunch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Washington boys slid their seats forward, sank their white blades into the water, hunched over their oars, and stared straight ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She knew it was only a drill, but it got a little creepy, with everyone hunched in the dark. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z At the crack of the starters pistol, the pint-sized pilots released their brakes, hunched down into their homemade roadsters, and willed their cars down the hill. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He hunched forward and bellowed for Hume to take the stroke rate up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I end up hunching over and slinking away, shame curdling inside me then reaching its fingers to wrap tight around my body. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Angeline Fowl sat hunched on the bed, her pale limbs glowing white in the gloom. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Pockets of men are hunched over wooden crates. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Constance hunched her heavy shoulders and glared about with a ferocity that set them trembling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dr. Medina hunched forward, her hands grabbing for something. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In that very first moment, when Houghton swished off the cloth, all Harrison had was a hunch, an instinctive sense that something was amiss. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They moved in a crouch, hunched low under the window frames of the businesses they passed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And yes, there were definitely Jesse-like computer geeks all over the place, heads hunched, laptops bouncing on their shoulders, backpacks overstuffed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If my hunches are right, this would mean almost half the districts have at least attempted to rebel. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Like a wary old tortoise, Mr. Justice Wargrave sat hunched up, his body motionless, his eyes keen and alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I walk through the red-eyed people, past the hunching walls, the graying paint, the collapsing furniture, the darkening windows, the moth-eaten air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They stood around, hands in pockets and thin shoulders hunched forward tensely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Amil shook his head and looked down, shame in his hunched shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The men watched it disappear, and hunched their shoulders and struggled to keep their little boat on course. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z His shoulders were hunched, and as I followed him to the shed to collect some dark wooden folding chairs, I noticed how slowly he shuffled his feet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All day I work, my back bent, just like my mother’s, and even when I try to stand tall, my shoulders hunch over with invisible weight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Carl stood hunched in the doorway downstairs, limp, with his peaked cap pulled down over his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z These days it is reassuring to know that nature and physics, in their present meanings, have been interconnected in our minds, by a sort of hunch, for all these years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On Thresh’s side, there’s only an old woman with a hunched back and a tall, muscular girl I’m guessing is his sister. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew it even as I hunched there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each painted demon had gangly arms with razor-sharp nails drooping down from hunched shoulders. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He is hunched over a spinning pot, his hands muddy red. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He was hunched over a fishing pole and did not appear to notice them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His hunch was that when those deactivated chicken cells fused with HeLa, something inside HeLa would essentially turn the chicken cell back on. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But Amaka had turned to her mother, who was sitting hunched with Mama. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I hunched over, sucked my injured thumb, and limped on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She doesn’t respond at first, but he’s got a hunch that she will. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She tries to imagine him hunched somewhere, his fingers twisting the dials of a phantom radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Everything else is ambiguous. Everything else is emotions and hunches. At least the facts you can cling to; the emotions just float away.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They are mismatched in height, and so he hunches. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As far as I knew, we were not a particularly patriotic hunch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He hunched over to secure something on the floor, and that’s when I saw the gun strapped to his side in a leather holster. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Travis had to walk hunched over to keep from hitting his head. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I hunch and open my bag, exhausted and trembling. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z While bringing up the Black, Vegan, and Proud YouTube channel, I sat hunched forward, mere inches from the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was sitting hunched over on a pew just the way he’s sitting hunched over on a bench right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe, on hunch, that an inventory of our major disease problems based on this sort of classification would show a limited number of important questions for which the predictable answers carry certainty. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We were hunched so close together at this point that when I heard my name shouted out, it felt like someone dropped an ice cube down the back of my shirt. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Lee,” Chubs was hunched over in his seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Once in, he let the bag fall onto the floor and hunched over to fish out his phone’s charging cable. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her good shoulder hunches over, she lets out a deep quiet breath, and before long, she starts humming. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He watched how slowly the moon was rising, and hunched his shoulders against the cold. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In its luminance, four new figures were hunched on the ground, covering their eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The tall man in the rumpled sport coat hunched lower in his chair, holding his newspaper a little higher than usual. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Frankie’s hunched over the car hood out front of the barbershop, as usual. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And later, for several hours after that, I sat hunched on the fire escape landing outside my bedroom, retching back into the ice cream container. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I am hunched there like a fat dark shadow, my eyes cut sideways toward Caroline, thumb in mouth, the pudgy hand covering most of my face. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After eating, Lefty joined the men smoking at the rail while Desdemona hunched on deck with the women and children, staying out of the wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The beam searches out the pine tree, the fencing, the lean-to....And then I see this big German shepherd, mean as nails, hunched over Shiloh there on the ground. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie hunches over on his stool, intently watching Gimpy pick up the knife and cut off a slab of dough. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Shawn was sitting on the bed, his shoulders hunched, his legs bowed outward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They passed the Logan County Gazette office, where the newspaper editor, Ms. Turner, hunched over her keyboard, index fingers in pecking position. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I assume he's hunched over somewhere writing songs into a comically undersized notebook. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He's trotting down the street pretty quick, his shoulders all hunched around his haul. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He wasn’t large in any sense of the word—he looked like he could have been an accountant, with thick glasses and hunched shoulders from spending too many hours at a desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I rolled my eyes and hunched over my soup. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Three guys in baseball caps sit there, hunched over textbooks and notebooks, none of them talking. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She hunched forward, and she smelled old, vaguely like formaldehyde. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Finnick gives up at once, hunching on the ground, clenching his hands over his ears as if he’s trying to crush his skull. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Salim hunched up his shoulders and smiled but didn’t look up from his mobile. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I was excited for a hunch of reasons. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The buildings were joined to one another in faded slumping rows, and on shabby corners, people were hunched in puffy jackets, black and bleak people waiting for buses, the air around them hazed in gloom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I come up with great comebacks to her the next morning, hunched over a bowl of cereal. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He held his shoulders hunched forward and his hands out in front of him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Again he ate hunched over his food, tense and quiet, paying no attention to anything except what was going on inside his own head. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Dari, standing in front of us, fists shoved into his pockets, shoulders hunched up to his ears. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At the local coffee shop, hunched in one of the secretive, high-backed booths with hundreds of people's names gouged into the wood, we drank cup after cup of black coffee and talked frankly about sex. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Both of them had to hunch over and touch their hands to the floor to duck through the secret doorway—it was really more like a half doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I expected to see Mr. Underhill’s long legs and hunched shoulders right behind me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But I look at Kwang now, hunched over in his robe, his posture softening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We skid into a nest with a pair of soldiers, hunching down behind the barrier. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As the ambulance passed, Ignatius hunched over and saw “Charity Hospital” printed on its door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shoulders hunched, her blue eyes opaque, she seemed to disappear inside herself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The man is hunched over and holding a cane. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z On the way to school one morning, hunched down as if hoping to be invisible, P.J. asked the Warden to drop them off a block away. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Shadow people clawing out of the darkness, hunched against curtains of wind and water as they dashed for safety. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms around herself and hunches down, her eyes barely visible. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he turned away, hunched himself over, and dropped his head on his desk. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His shoulders are huge, muscular, and he keeps them hunched, as if about to spring upon you at any moment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel sat at his desk, hunched over a notebook. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The class stands along the long back counter, hunched over tubs of gray pulp-filled water. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The blacksmith’s shop, the mill, the church, the stores, so busy and alive in daylight, were hunched, deserted now, dark piles and shapes without a purpose or a meaning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinder wrapped shaking arms around his midsection and hunched over, closing his eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad sat hunched over in his recliner, his weary gaze glued to the computer in his lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The spotlight moves to his face and he's no longer hunched. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z On another floor of the hospital, in a waiting room, Ashoke hunches over a Boston Globe from a month ago, abandoned on a neighboring chair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He walks slowly, but he isn’t hunched over, which makes me think Tobias didn’t do him any serious damage. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He snorted, hunching his neck into ruffles and folding his wings behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then he had an idea to test his hunch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Dad asks again, hunching up his shoulders while Ma rubs his back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The hangdog look left his eyes, and the hunch went out of his shoulders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The twins, still in their Batman pj’s, are hunched over my old game of Operation on Saturday morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It had the imperative clarity of a hunch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Ares sat hunched over in a position of such extreme sorrow that Gregor decided it was best to leave him alone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the board righted itself and drifted out a few feet into the pool with the two rabbits hunched upon it, rigid and motionless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still hunched over, I breathe in as fully as possible. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I hunched upon the mud and observed that the transports did not appear like to come for us, the water erupting so frequently with the plumes of detonation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There are ancient ideas reverberating through this structure, very old hunches. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Ranofer sat hunched on the rough pavement of the courtyard, trying to stop the bleeding of his nose. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There was the hunched elderly figure of the judge, the upright form of Miss Brent, and a third man—a big bluff man who came forward and introduced himself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Or maybe I just keep noticing new cute things about him, like the curve of his jawline, or the slight hunch of his shoulders. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He clutches at my back and puts his face next to mine, still hunched over. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I could now see that an older boy was hunched over a coloring book and he was very intently filling in the spaces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I hunched over, trying to stretch the shirt over my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Charles slipped his legs into his pants and hunched them up over his hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood all hunched over in front of his brother, holding yarn and needles, his whole body heaving. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The young boy wasn’t crying, or at least I couldn’t tell if he was because he had his shoulders hunched over and seemed to be keeping his head down low. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The scythe sat in one, Kohl in the other, hunched and sobbing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I can tell by the way her shoulders are hunched that she's anxious. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Even after getting chanted back to sensibility, I shook when I recalled that perched everywhere there were owls with great hunched shoulders and yellow scowls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He scanned the deck, as he did every few minutes, and picked out Sefia perched on the edge of the quarterdeck, hunched over the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Hestia, in the form of a litde girl in brown robes, hunched at its edge, shivering. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His shoulders are hunched, and he’s close enough to slap me in the face if I turn the wrong way. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The three green suits backed up and dropped to their knees, hunching down to get the metal ramp between them and the shooter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Many of them sat hunched over, trying to nurse their wounds. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I circled the wreck twice before I spied Dad’s hunched silhouette on a hillock in the distance. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He moved slowly and hunched over the cauldron like he was a hundred years old. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She was hunched over a piece of paper, her head bent low to the desk, pencil moving. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Dimple felt her shoulders hunch into themselves even as she tried not to let them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A few embers were still glowing in the fireplace, turning all the armchairs into hunched black shadows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The first Saturday after the departure of the Señora, Shirley sat at the breakfast table hunched over the sports page of the Herald Tribune. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She’s barely five feet tall, hunched over from years in the factory, but rock hard and still to this day very active and very much alive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Bo giggled and hunched up his shoulders as the bird walked down his arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z All she could see of the girl sitting there was a waterfall of brown hair and the edge of a cell phone the girl was hunched over. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When I open the door to the bathroom, I find my prep team sitting in a row on the edge of the tub, hunched and defeated. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This was probably just a hunch, but it was an accurate one. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “There was a certain loneliness about him hunched above the board,” said Khariton. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z As he nears us, I see his shoulders heavily hunched over and his feet drag as if he is trudging through mud. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The hunch here was that a person’s gonads would orchestrate sexual development, especially at puberty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She hunched behind him, scowling, holding him forward with her arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Taran, hunched against a tree root, pulled his cloak closer about his shoulders. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z As soon as Gurgi saw what it was, he hunched up his shoulders, and with many fearful glances behind him, turned and crept off to a safe distance. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Two women in evening gowns hunch hip to hip on the cathedral steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Trembling and pale, she would hunch over the keys, and this was the signal for a servant to bring her a brown liquid in a beautiful, cut-glass bottle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the outlines of garden beds not yet planted for the spring, a goat or two in a pen, one sodden dog tied to a post, hunched defeated in the muck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When Morley proposed his theory, it was little more than a hunch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Playing my hunches, many a day I’d have up to forty dollars on two numbers, hoping for that fabulous six hundred-to-one payoff. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A soft, tinkling melody rose from the far end of the room, where a figure in white clothes sat hunched over an old wooden piano. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z TJ hunches over, then stands up straight as a nail with each uppercut. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Down at the bottom, sitting on a block of stone in the middle of the stage, the god Apollo hunched over a ukulele, plucking out a mournful tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Gimli sat hunched by the fire, running his thumb thoughtfully along the edge of his axe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But I could still feel my shoulders hunched almost up to my ears as I walked across the short grass toward the shed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z You spoke haltingly, and you hunched your shoulders, which made you seem smaller than me, though you were born a year before. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She wanted to prove her hunch: that even these exotic creatures followed the same cycle as the European caterpillars she had already studied so thoroughly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On a low branch overhanging the stream a raven sat hunched, its feathers ruffled up against the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You rely on the intuition—what the Americans call the hunch?” said Dr. Constantine. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The next one showed him frowning in concentration, hunched over the flower press, not even aware of the photo being taken. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He always looked cold, hunched in on himself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Turtle was hunched over the table, her small chin resting between her crossed arms. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit cross-legged and hunched over, thinking about the words. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z These were the hours in which she sang a little; breathed however she wanted; and simply kept quiet — more important now than ever, as she had a hunch she might be pregnant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The peanut bag was rattling against the round board as a skinny white boy with hunched shoulders beat it into a brown blur. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the leaded windows look sacred and holy The other people are old and sit hunched like martyrs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The cowled figure perhaps surveyed us, or perhaps was hunched in sleep or even death. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Winnie, struggling with the anguish of all these things, could only sit hunched and numb, the sound of the water rolling in her ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the pine trees down to Thayer’s haymeadow put on their darker green and hunched their branches closer as the mornings came in colder and colder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His shoulders are hunched over, his legs starting to buckle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Clock Watchers sitting on stools, at tables, and in booths were sullen, hunched over bowls of ice cream. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Somehow - it was a real effort but I managed it - I put out my hand and placed it where her shoulder hunched. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z His narrowed eyes were the unremarkable color of wet hay, and even though he was a scrawny, hunched little man, he was still terrifying somehow. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When I passed by their apartments and saw them sitting together in a circle, hunched over their work, speaking a language I didn’t understand, I felt a sharp pang. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He sat hunched, bitterly smiling, as always, his muscles taut as old nautical ropes in a hurricane. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat with his back to me, hunched over a bunch of files on his desk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He walked sideways on bowed legs like a crab, his back hunched, his arms raised on either side like he was holding invisible plates. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At lunch, I squeezed in next to Maya and Rand, who were hunched over yet another one of Maya’s giant dot games, which were getting more and more elaborate. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I sat hunched over, holding on to the rope, my big sneakers on the turn bar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt said nothing, hunched as he was in a corner as far from the pair as he could get. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember once, the summer I was around twelve, teeing off and all, and having a hunch that if I turned around all of a sudden, I'd see Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He stands with his back hunched, his hind legs bearing as much weight as they can. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She snapped the cap off a pen and started writing, hunched over the paper. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I fiddle over details, hunch over my pictures, dabbing at the highlights with tiny brushes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The praying mantis hunched a little farther forward. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Gabriel, wrapped in his inadequate blanket, was hunched, shivering, and silent in his little seat. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Rows of wretched souls sat hunched on wooden benches. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the bonobos got back into their nests, but most hunched around, holding elephant-ear leaves over their heads to keep the water off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When we leap to a decision or have a hunch, our unconscious is doing what John Gottman does. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The police are allowed by the courts to conduct fishing expeditions for drugs on streets and freeways based on nothing more than a hunch. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He hunched down and tried to move toward the exit, but someone else stepped up, an older man with a crown of white hair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Taran hunched his shoulders and fled, while earthenware shattered behind him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Anya hunched over her dress that Zvezda had torn the day before, drawing a needle and thread through the cloth to repair the tear. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We starving prisoners stood at attention, with our hunched shoulders and gaunt faces and oversized, filthy clothes, while healthy, well-fed children and their mothers came to see the animals. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z As they would soon have a powered boat out to come finish me off, I could not spend any more time hunched over my oars gasping. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The two sat hunched over the fire for a long while, drinking cups of strong swamp tea. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I assume they are just finishing the night shift, because they are hunched over screens, their chins propped on their hands, or slumped against broomsticks, barely remembering to sweep. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She didn’t glance back, but I could tell from the way her back was hunched up she was still sobbing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Gripping the edges of his tray of half-eaten food, Daryl's knuckles turn white and his shoulders hunch up in a desperate attempt to hide the look of humiliation burning his face. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The cameras pan away from him to Scott, sitting hunched and uncomfortable, blinking in the light of the cameras, his face a twist of anguish. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For most of the hour, he sketches portraits of the panelists, who sit hunched over their papers along a rectangular table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We played until Asghar had to hunch on the side of the field, hands on his knees, and fight the urge to vomit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Tree-ear’s neck and shoulders were cramped from hunching in one position for so long. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A man in tattered clothes stands hunched over in the doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I had a hunch it would cause problems. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The girl sat hunched and shrunken, staring at the candle flame, tears glistening in her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I turned and saw my grandmother, her back looking a little more hunched in her dirty sari. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hunch down until I’m as low on the board as I can go—the change speeds me up, and I rocket toward the marble. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a hunch, but an inspired one. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I’m hunched over as I try to recover. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Uhmma sits on the bed, her body hunched forward, her head in her hands. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Each carried a quiet defeat in their hunched shoulders and downcast eyes that Koffi hated but understood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I saw some kids and hunched down in case I knew them. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The fourth one kept his back to us, but I saw his hunched shoulders tremble. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Petra noticed that her dad’s shoulders were hunched and his hands were stuffed in his pockets. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She was hunched over and breathing hard with her hands on her knees. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the other side of the parking lot, just past the visitor center, was a dark little stand of pine trees hunched down in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She is where I left her, hunched in the hay, rocking back and forth and talking softly to herself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her back hunched that way; her head to one side as though crouching from a permanent and unrelieved blow. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Natalie’s shoulders are hunched up like she is stuck in a shrug. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she was hunched over her phone, staring, her mouth caught in a frown. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If only the stools had backs, they said, then after hunching and hunching, they’d be able to rest a bit. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel hunched forward, his head between his knees and his shoulders shaking, and I put my arm around him as the Eagle came in. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I watch him scramble up the beach, then the bluff, with his head down, shoulders hunched, thinking about Clark Gable knows what. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z On the wall of the cabin, the kerosene light cast her trembling shadow, hunched over and small. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It hurts to stretch out my hand, so I let myself wince and hunch over. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The thin, hunched body jumped up and spun around. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in wait, hunching on his pile of dirt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had a hunch about that other letter. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabilan hunched and reared and threw the saddle off before the cinch could be tightened. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially when there really was not much at stake—just a hunch of hers that the boys may have wandered down there. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The monuments look carved from the wind, hunched and holed and weathered, translucent, and stretch as far as the eye can see. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Years of nongrowing, from being a seventeen-year-old, smooth-faced idealist hunched over a book in his Harlem apartment, to becoming a smooth-faced veteran of twenty hunched over a beer in a post exchange. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She motions for me to follow her into a giant, fancy bathroom, and I immediately run to my little sister, who’s hunched over the toilet. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He looked out over the flock, saw that they were huddled together, heads hunched low, out of the sleet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At four in the morning, hunched over the kitchen table, he made lists. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On a hunch, San Martín went out the back door and, sure enough, found telltale footprints in the snow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had drawn his fists up under his chin—he was still gripping his cap—and his shoulders were hunched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There’s a sudden tension in the room, and I hunch my shoulders and shuffle a bit, letting a slow drawl enter my voice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She looks around, hunches her shoulders like she’s embarrassed, and hurries away. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z We hunched there half-hidden, the six of us, as the Crepuscule stood inactive on the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Hey, Luke,” he said, wrapping his arms across his chest and hunching up against the blast of cold that followed me inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then, on a hunch, I check the back of Uncle Basil’s truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Clotho, still struggling through the shallow waves, peers over his hunched shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One of them was getting increasingly red in the face and hunching her shoulders. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Jonas knew, on days when he arrived to find The Giver hunched over, rocking his body slightly back and forth, his face pale, that he would be sent away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He closed his jacket, hunched his hands into his pockets, and set off to the spot on the shore where he hadn’t jumped on that very day he had met Mrs. Cobb. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He was hunched over, leaning on his knees, staring out the open front door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My hand creeps up to the neckline of my nightgown, holding it closed, making me hunch over a little. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Old men and women in pitiful rags sat hunched against the wall or lay upon pallets. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They have tamed and trained the hunch, but not increased its certainty. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost funny to watch, how he still hunches over a little in concentration, like he’s a new hire from the agency. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She kept hunching her shoulders to keep the dress from slipping. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She stood there, hunched, shivering, expecting him to scold her for running around in the cold like an idiot. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I have a hunch that they are doling out cures right now, just as Metias said, and in a few more weeks, this plague will have “magically” trickled away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Finch hunches over the dash and slows down to a crawl. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For the first time the old hunched woman—is she Thresh’s grandmother?—raises her head and the trace of a smile plays on her lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen knuckles, many who have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of their broken nails, the lines of their sunken faces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I watch them do this: I can see their hunched backs, their abdomens like little black-red bulbs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I picture my brother hunched over the receiver, trying to concentrate, to push out the words that have jammed in his throat, while his father hurls an arsenal of ugly words. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to open her up, crisp her edges, ram a stick down that hunched and curving spine, force her to stand erect and spit the misery out on the streets. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman sitting hunched over in a back corner caught my eye. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My shoulders hunch, and I focus on my sandwich. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He hunched forward and his arms didn’t move as he walked. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was hunching up his shoulders and lowering his chin and getting ready to pull his head inside his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, Ma, shoulders hunched, barely eats, speaks. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z I could even see myself, maddeningly centered as usual, hunched at the far end of our empty and too large apartment, sipping easy liquor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z You were always holding open doors for people either hobbling or hunched over, heads in their hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit hunched, with my elbows on my knees. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His bride, forlorn and seemingly forgotten, sat hunched and silent beneath the banner of House Stark, clutching a silver goblet in both hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He would drift through synagogue or through the streets, hunched over, eyes cast down, avoiding people’s gaze. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to hunch over to hide my growing body, but it did no good. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Out of armor, her body seemed ungainly, broad of hip and thick of limb, with hunched muscular shoulders but no bosom to speak of. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I thought I explained to you why you couldn't date Nick," I say, and Tiny's just starting to talk again when I see Jane, hunched forward, plowing through the wind. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z There was not enough room; he crouched, hunched over with his chin on his knees, and waited, his heart nearly bursting through his chest. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He went the rest of the way inside, shoulders hunched, while Anya held the door open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I had a hunch he wouldn’t hold Dad’s job open after what happened with the gambling boat, and I was right. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was walking toward me at a brisk clip, hunched beneath the considerable weight of a six- foot log balanced across one shoulder. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a hole that leads right into my mom and Lenny’s bedroom, and my hunch was right: I can hear what they’re saying from here. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The boy hunched his head down between his shoulders, like someone used to being beaten for every thoughtless remark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He looked around at the dark trees, the boulders, the men hunched before him in blue mounds, waiting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most areas in the attic, I have to hunch my back. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Like we’re in the computer lab now and hit a snag fifteen minutes ago, and Rae’s been hunched over that notebook ever since. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But he was hurt now, hurt inside, hurt in his ribs and he stayed hunched over, pretended to be dead. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Cressida heads straight for a hunched figure sitting in the back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, a small boy hunched with a radio to his ear is dancing down the street. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a stir of restlessness along the bar, shoulders hunched, legs were uncrossed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an inspired hunch—what she and William sometimes called a “Golden Guess.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Even Ripred, by far the most hardened of the group, seemed to hunch down under the weight of the situation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A couple minutes later, I was clipped into a full suit of goalie pads and hunched down in the net. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She hunched and turned as snowballs exploded on the back of her red coat. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He’s hunched over in his chair, staring at his list like the names are giving him a stomachache. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The thing he’s been hunched over is a computer tablet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Some of the boys moved at once, ducking their heads and hunching over. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I was hunching in a bathroom, my arm behind my back, my head in the toilet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She waves, but David sits alone in the backseat, hunched down, his hands over his ears. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Head down, he was hunched over like a windblown weed. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The pain in his head lessened — he looked around wildly to see where Quirrell had gone, and saw him hunched in pain, looking at his fingers — they were blistering before his eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z With a pack you walk at a tilt, hunched and pressed forward, your eyes on the ground. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He tramped steadily back and forth beneath the twisted paper and the Christmas bell, hunched, his hands clasped behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny had to hunch, cramped, her head tilted sideways beneath the wooden planks. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When she stands to go to the bathroom, El turns to me with her shoulders hunched up and her voice high. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z What could a burned-out black man say to the hunched back of his eleven-year-old daughter? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to Håkon, who had still said nothing, hunched like he expected the bogatyri to attack him at any moment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Others played their hunches: addresses, license numbers of passing cars, any numbers on letters, telegrams, laundry slips, numbers from anywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as we sat hunched just outside the door, listening to those first four letters, I felt my insides ball up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Petra had been hunched over in the same position for hours. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Byrd and George and Frank are hunched over the same long white papers that rest atop one of Byrd’s unflowered flower beds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And suddenly Embryo is hunched over his desk staring at me with what could only be called alarm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z However, I have a stronger hunch that the greatest part of the important biomedical research waiting to be done is in the class of basic science. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday, the day I'm supposed to talk to the detectives, I'm crying out of nowhere, hunched over my bed as the iron in my hand spits out steam. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The rest of the pack is still fifty yards away and moving like elderly folks, hunched over and slow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He walked around with his head hunched down on that scrawny little neck like he was about to be punched. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Maybe, I thought, as I saw him hunched behind the wheel in his topcoat, this is what I've been waiting for. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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