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[ US /ˈhədəɫ/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌdə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. (informal) a quick private conference
  2. a disorganized and densely packed crowd
    a huddle of frightened women
VERB
  1. crouch or curl up
    They huddled outside in the rain
  2. crowd or draw together
    let's huddle together--it's cold!

How To Use huddle In A Sentence

  • She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell.
  • Tiny figures huddled in sweatshops, toiling in unspeakable conditions.
  • The clothes lay huddled up in a pile in the corner.
  • Sasaki huddled against the hot grains of sand, gritting her teeth, curled up in a ball and hugging her shoulders as if to keep herself from ripping apart.
  • A huddle of poky teashops serves the day labourers who congregate here in search of work, and travellers from the station.
  • Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
  • Their clothes lay in a huddle on the floor.
  • She climbed aboard the Mumbles train and huddled in a seat in the warmth of the lower deck.
  • Her pet dog huddled against her.
  • The huddle of poor dwellings, too small to be named a village, clings plastered like martens' nests against rocks, high above a green river.
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