huddled

[US]/'hʌdld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. crowded or gathered together in a compact mass

Phrases & Collocations

huddled together

huddled in fear

Example Sentences

huddled on the street in the guise of beggars.

The cat huddled itself on the cushion.

The children huddled away in a corner.

They huddled together for warmth.

He huddled the job together.

she huddled up close to him.

She huddled her children into the car.

The sheep were huddled together in a ditch.

The two countries huddled up a treaty.

They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.

a man with his clothes all huddled on anyhow.

they huddled round his smoking fire in the winter damp.

The boys huddled together in the cave to keep warm.

She huddled all four boys into one bed.

I huddled on my clothes and hurried to the factory.

I got up and huddled my clothes on.

That novel appeared to have been huddled together.

Your clothes are all huddled up inside the bag.

they huddled trying to keep warm under anything they could lay hands on.

He was very cold, so he huddled up against his brother in bed.

Real-world Examples

Harry dashed across the cellar to where Griphook was huddled on the floor.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Others were found in embraces as if huddled together as they burned.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

The experts wrote down lots of numbers and then they huddled together and whispered.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

The storm knocked out power in some places as stranded tourists huddled in their hotels.

Source: AP Listening September 2016 Collection

In winter, they huddled in farm tractor trailers.

Source: VOA Standard English - Asia

Huddled together, they backed away into a corner.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Kate is huddled on the couch in the living room.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Soon there was a huddle of limp black players slumped along the wall.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Now at last the Emperor penguins abandon their huddle.

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

The boys were huddled at the mound, talking quietly.

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

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