Hunkering

Hunkering down and enjoying good wine was definitely the best way to go during Snowmaggedon 2010!

Snowpocalypse! Wine tips from The Twitterverse | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

"Hunkering Down" was a term I've heard most of my 50 years.

Fads of the Fifties The Nag 2009

Hunkering deeper into his coat, he passed cramped dirt yards boxed in by chain-link fences, the houses beyond them dark and eerily quiet.

Crescendo Becca Fitzpatrick 2010

Hunkering down into the couch cushions, she hooked a thumb in her T-shirt, biting the collar, unnerved all over again by the memory.

Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

Hunkering down into the couch cushions, she hooked a thumb in her T-shirt, biting the collar, unnerved all over again by the memory.

Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

Hunkering down into the couch cushions, she hooked a thumb in her T-shirt, biting the collar, unnerved all over again by the memory.

Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

Hunkering deeper into his coat, he passed cramped dirt yards boxed in by chain-link fences, the houses beyond them dark and eerily quiet.

Crescendo Becca Fitzpatrick 2010

Hunkering down means cutting costs, instituting more control, conserving and protecting resources -- waiting it out.

Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow: Obama is Reset -- Are You? 2009

[2] President Medvedev placed the language of national honor at the center of his remarks on the Georgian crisis, as quoted in Andrew E. Kramer's report, "Russia Seems to Be Hunkering Down in Georgia," The New York Times, August 18, 2008:

The Russians Are Coming? Caryl, Christian 2009

Hunkering down is a great feeling when time allows, which is a funny statement to make.

A Christmas crank doyle 2008