hibernating

• Seen in a certain light, she was almost an interloper, and considering the recent events that had brought Paul to this lonely place in the mountains, a poisonous one, not unlike the hibernating snakes that lay waiting at Josh's feet. —  EQMM,March-April2008
• Jan. 17, 1945: I was bitter cold; we were hibernating-huddled close together-not moving any more than necessary; we were saving our energy. —  Blood Brothers
• The first weeks in the hospital were spent hibernating, trying to gain strength. —  Blood Brothers
• Milton filled the empty hours as he always did, sitting at his desk with his hollow chest collapsed in upon itself, taking rare and slow and shallow breaths, like a hibernating bear. —  FSF,July2005
• The reality, however, is that funding largely seems like a crapshoot that's "hibernating" until this recession-thing blows over. —  doggdot.us

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