hunch your back
Frequency: 5.51.8 per million words
to bend your back and shoulders into a rounded shape
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Examples (10)
- He hunches his back when he walks.
- Don't hunch your back over the computer; it's bad for your posture.
- She hunched her back against the biting wind.
- The old man hunched his back as he slowly made his way up the hill.
- If you continue to hunch your back like that, you'll have problems later.
- He was so tired he could only hunch his back over his desk and rest his head.
- The children were hunching their backs as they huddled together for warmth.
- Stop hunching your back and stand up straight!
- The cat hunched its back, ready to pounce on the toy mouse.
- In shame, the boy hunched his back and stared at the floor.