How do you use Hunched in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like stooped or stooping, plus the exact meaning.
Hunched meaning
simple past and past participle of hunch
Using Hunched
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hunch
- Useful related words include: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping.
- In the example corpus, hunched often appears in combinations such as: hunched over, was hunched, re hunched.
Context around Hunched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hunched
- In this selection, "hunched" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slightly, bedroom, son, disposition, posture and small stand out and add context to how "hunched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and 2003 hunched over an and and a hunched back. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hunched" sits close to words such as aachen, abbots and abduct, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hunched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His terribly shy, slightly hunched disposition, is 100 percent vintage Grant. (11 words)
She saw her son hunched over, covered in blood and holding his stomach. (13 words)
On Thursday, Yeomans hunched over two paintings at once in her second-floor studio. (14 words)
The caller was Logan Polis, a Jay resident who told the Morning Sentinel on Thursday that she was at the Circle K with her two children when another customer came into the store to report Darge was hunched over inside his pickup. (42 words)
Judge Craig Revel Horwood said of the dance: “Your posture, I think, suffered in this particular dance coming up, and it was getting a little bit hunched again, and your weight seemed to be drifting a little bit too far forward. (41 words)
He wrote about the things he did to stay occupied: learning the shuffle dance, memorizing a soliloquy from “Hamlet” while hunched over a sewing machine during work shifts; trying to meditate; reading whatever books he could get his hands on. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
His terribly shy, slightly hunched disposition, is 100 percent vintage Grant.
I feel like I’m cooped up in my bedroom, hunched over my laptop at all hours of the day.
If you’re hunched over your computer for too long, you will be less productive.
She saw her son hunched over, covered in blood and holding his stomach.
She was hunched over, clearly feeling like sh*t, but she had this little smirk on her face.
There was no ill intent, but it left DeBrusk down before he slowly got up and made his way down the tunnel hunched over.
All of the puppies had a hunched posture, appearance of curved spines and malnourishment and some live fleas were visible in their coats.
Gonzales has launched a GoFundMe campaign to try to get back on his feet, but for now he sleeps hunched over in the front seat of his truck.
He wrote about the things he did to stay occupied: learning the shuffle dance, memorizing a soliloquy from “Hamlet” while hunched over a sewing machine during work shifts; trying to meditate; reading whatever books he could get his hands on.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood said of the dance: “Your posture, I think, suffered in this particular dance coming up, and it was getting a little bit hunched again, and your weight seemed to be drifting a little bit too far forward.
Nomads also need gadgets that can help prevent backaches, which often happen when you spend too much time hunched over a desk.
On Thursday, Yeomans hunched over two paintings at once in her second-floor studio.
Out front, Liam hunched over the microphone stand, hands clasped behind his back like a modern-day Richard III, malevolent, ambitious, eyes on the throne.
Ricky Hampson Jr spent the final hours of his life hunched over a sofa in a friend's living room.
She was a hunched, small, fiery redheaded woman with glasses half the size of her face.
That the SR/S can do that while allowing you to ride all the way to the office downtown without the spinal stress from being hunched over a gas tank is impressive.
The caller was Logan Polis, a Jay resident who told the Morning Sentinel on Thursday that she was at the Circle K with her two children when another customer came into the store to report Darge was hunched over inside his pickup.
The first round of treatment was 'awful' for Helena - she suffered from many side effects and was left with a large tumour on her chest and a hunched back.
This allegorical figure of a hunched man with boots and a sword sitting on a strange column of breeze blocks and log references Rodin’s eponymous masterpiece and a drawing Albrecht Dürer made for an unrealised monument.
Tina Fey spent the summers of 2002 and 2003 hunched over an old desk in the mildewy back room of a Fire Island rental home.
Common combinations with hunched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: