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.

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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.
He saw him gather five of the soldiers into a huddle and with his subtle, sinister voice began to speak again.
By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle.
We huddled closely around its glowing embers as they struggled to keep at bay the piercing chill of the Andean night.
We follow the sandy road that was once the sea and pause by a huddle of weather-beaten shacks.
Ayhia watched incredulously as the Hinsef gathered together in a huddle, apparently to discuss what to do with her, though she couldn't hear them so she couldn't be sure.
Football fans will perhaps be pleased to know that the word huddle, from a Germanic verb to do with “crowding together” could it come from a primeval idea of a group hiding from animals or people, or protecting someone or something from being found or seen by others? The English Is Coming!
The linesmen check the goal nets which are full of holes, much as you'd expect, and the teams huddle.
To my considerable surprise, they formed an instant, eager bond, and went into a tight conversational huddle for the next 45 minutes or so.
I sighed, rolled my head around to look at her: huddled up into her corner of the carriage, hugging her knees with feet on the upholstery.
Well, I guess there is a fair bit of fear, xenophobia and insecurity huddled away there somewhere too.
The first thing that Coach did when we entered the huddle was clobber Zeke in a huge bear hug.
The child was finally found huddled inside a flat with her mother, surrounded by bin bags full of rotting food.
The long, hot dusty afternoons, where time hangs still, and dry leaves fly in sad whirls before collapsing to the ground, the inertia and sloth that drives even the most energetic into a huddle, the sense of despair.
After midnight, outspanning in a piercing wind, we formed square; main guard was posted over the General's car, and those lucky enough to escape turn of duty huddled together under cloaks and dozed fitfully until two-thirty. With Botha in the Field
Closest to the fire sat the village elders and leaders, then sat the able-bodied men, and the outside of the huddle consisted of the women and children.
When a white van with two more whiskered men pulled up to the huddle, Sergeant Tommy Wright stepped out of his gold Ford Explorer.
We sprinkled the snow around their enclosure but they all huddled together away from it. Times, Sunday Times
She rose from her seat and made her way to the other three, who had already gathered in a huddle at the front of the class.
Probably no one was happier to see David Carr back in the huddle than the team's top draft pick.
We drove out of the barracks huddled in our combat jackets, and turned north towards the Alps.
“If you ask people, many will just tell you ‘go ask that guy — I think he was born when I was’,” explains Sami, who sits on the TV couch huddled against the cold in his patu -- a thick blanketlike shawl that men wrap over their heads and shoulders. Why Afghans Don't Know Their Ages
As they drew closer, he could see the rider huddled over the neck of his mount.
It was a scintillating partnership that wowed the crowd and their teammates, who huddled together on the dressing room balcony to witness a stellar batting exhibition.
Richard's head is shown side-on, like a keyhole, through which a huddle of other images are, almost literally, glowing.
In the arcade, the small, solemn huddles of old men continue their peregrinations.
They huddled together in silent groups.
The team went into a huddle at half-time to discuss their tactics.
The camera panned to a crowd of huddled men playing dominoes around a table. Times, Sunday Times
Various clubs huddled in circles discussing their interests.
A great number sat huddled together and cowered down under each gunya, their skinny limbs being so folded before their bodies that the head rested upon the knees. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
The air was pale and clammy, chilling them so that they all got out their thick cloaks, and huddled in them.
The three guards selected exited rapidly to carry out their monarch's wishes, and the four left huddled together like a bewildered flock of sheep.
They huddled in their old garments, slumbrously conscious of the march of the hours which for them had no meaning. Men, Women, and Boats
Phil sat huddled miserably in his chair.
She huddled inside the warm, fleece-lined jacket he had given her. THE LAST RAVEN
What Natasha means, is that she has met some self confident women who don't conform to her own racist stereotypes of Muslim women, huddled away in some oriental seraglio.
The sheep were huddled together in a ditch.
All thirty of them huddled by the fire, hoping to be shielded from the wicked wind.
they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill
The climbers were sitting huddled together for warmth.
His countenance was as bleak as the frozen northern wastelands, and he huddled within himself, a wizened husk hoarding unspoken power.
Jake huddled with the other members of the team out on the field.
Grungy bands of humans huddle around rubbish fires in hovels constructed of old tires and scrap metal.
We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars, clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies.
But, though it should happen that an author is capable of excelling, yet his merit may pass without notice, huddled in the variety of things, and thrown into the general miscellany of life.
He was very cold, so he huddled up against his brother in bed.
Instead he spent the day huddled on an ancient tractor in a rainproof wax jacket and a green woolly Aran cap. Plow and Harrow
They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind.
The two guys in suits were in a huddle, talking in low voices. THE EXECUTION
But it is the Scottish banks which are the real villains of the piece, all huddled together in an abysmal performance right at the bottom of the league table.
“If you ask people, many will just tell you ‘go ask that guy — I think he was born when I was’,” explains Sami, who sits on the TV couch huddled against the cold in his patu -- a thick blanketlike shawl that men wrap over their heads and shoulders. Why Afghans Don't Know Their Ages
People often though her proud but none of that showed as she huddled alone within the depths of darkness.
Barbara went out to the parking lot and a lot more men in suits with earpieces came down into the lobby and then "whoosh" - a huddle came out of the elevator, jumped into a car and was gone. Susan Eleuterio: Being Barack Obama
In a corner, a group of teen-agers, wearing NBA jackets over their suits, huddled. Life of the Party: A Gospel-Themed Gala - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin said Wednesday that he has been looking into whether weekly meetings held by Goldman's traders and securities analysts -- known within the firm as "huddles" -- violated any laws. Along with SEC, other investigators and suits may target Goldman Sachs
I could barely discern the huddled shape of my parents standing in their doorway.
wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
Outside the gates, a group of older students huddle round, tucking into chicken nuggets and chips from the local fast food shop.
A Sunday service which he had attended at the cathedral at that date had been performed ‘with more harmony and less huddle than I have known it in any church in England ’.
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
I'm going to be in huddled in the corner for a while now ... Crying Now...
The others huddled around Jack to give him the protection and warmth of their bodies, and rubbed his arms and legs.
Three women huddle together with reference books on their laps and discuss post-colonialism, aesthetics, and ideology.
In the huddle, Jess and Sally again try to rally the team.
The buildings huddled together like a herd of deer in the dead of a winter storm, attempting to share warmth and shelter from the elements.
Our dog Ira was huddled up by the front door and, for once, the annoying yip yapper was barkless. An Earthquake Rattles the Midwest - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
PrezHuddleston is a prankster, who makes his ruse explicit by putting the word "fake" in his profile name. College presidents around USA impersonated on Twitter
From a leafless high branch of a dead tree the huddled heap of a kite regarded them thoughtfully.
Folk were huddled against the cold in scarves and hoodies. The Sun
Frequently on the run, we would occupy some huddle of rough huts from one insecure night till the next.
Warrior and Engineer and Mediator huddled, and Pollyanna with them. THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE
There are people huddled together who blink and stare. The Crossing-Place
Others drank from flasks and clay bottles, or huddled together to read futures from the faces of playing cards.
Several hugs for Matt, many ogles at incredibly hot guys, and one hour of frustrating luggage checking later, four harassed but extremely excited girls huddled around Rachel, wishing her luck.
Earlier, at the rail stations targeted in the attack, people huddled together and shed tears as memories of the blasts returned.
In the center of the tents, where ground has been set aside in the snow for a cortile, those not on duty huddle round with our letters from Italy.
Huddleston, the New Hampshire president, says colleges are justified in moving to have accounts closed if they are peddling misinformation in the guise of a campus authority figure in a way that could cause harm. College presidents around USA impersonated on Twitter
I found her several feet away from the fight area on the ground, a crowd huddled around her.
Case in point is Alpino Vino (970-708-1120), a new spot just off the Gold Hill Express Lift that resembles a chalet airlifted from the Italian Alps. Diners in ski helmets huddle around cherry-wood tables and a roaring fireplace, sipping Tuscan reds ($15), while neatly groomed waiters bring plates of cured meats and fine cheeses ($15). Post-gazette.com - News
They do not need to huddle together for warmth or work together to provide themselves with shelter. Foucault and Derrida - The Other Side Of Reason
The look-out next morning was dismal – the river running high in yeasty waves; the boats all huddled together under the shore; the western bank hidden in clouds of sand. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations.
I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
I sat up slowly from my huddled position in the corner, flexing my pained ankle experimentally, and my movement caught the attention of my protector.
Once the anthem was finished, the players moved to their respective side of the field, gathered into a brief team huddle, and then moved into position.
I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
He huddled up into the fetal position and lay there a few moments, his eyes clamped tightly shut as that eerie voice filled his mind.
At one point, he even refused to join the team huddle during a timeout.
The mum has an egg, passes it over to dad, who stands in a huddle with the other dads for two months (no Pizza Express, remember), while the mums go back to the beach and eat beachy things and get fat.
We lay huddled together for warmth.
So as the sun dropped and the temperature plummeted and the sensible people among us huddled around the fire eating frozen balls of butter and sugar (the musher's answer to energy bars), Wade trudged onto the ice with eelpout on his mind. Mushing, Eelpout, and Butterballs
I can't be taken seriously, after all I've stepped out of the flock and refuse to be herded into a huddle.
Then I noticed a young family huddled together on the pavement.
Wearing winter woollies, the group huddled together outside Lancaster Farms last week with simple banners to highlight their pay dispute.
Tom Huddleston from the fest for Not Coming to a Theater Near You: For Your Consideration makes one important alteration to the [Christopher] Guest formula - instead of the usual fake documentary this is a straight comic fiction (albeit with occasional to-camera interviews, for old time's sake). GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 10/24.
After seventy-eight years in this fair island, side by side, with the progress and improvements above referred to, there are still hundreds and hundreds of men and women who live like savages in unfloored huts, huddled together like beasts of the field, without regard to health or comfort. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919
Then the huddle broke apart and the Dwarves separated.
They huddled in one large room as the army fired at rebel lines. Times, Sunday Times
Through the open doorway, she could see Hermione and Cedric huddled over a table of tea-things. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
The animals huddled together for warmth.
The two countries huddled up a treaty.
We huddle in our coats and scarves. Times, Sunday Times
Villagers were in their colourful headgear huddled together in a lurching truck on a rustic road.
Emei's flora is renowned; sub-tropical ferns and strands of bamboo huddle amidst plane and fir trees.
Groups of young men huddled around fires, burning plastic and wood. Times, Sunday Times
January's garden is one huddled below ground; its plants submerged beneath a thick layer of frozen earth, itself shrouded beneath a thick carpet of snow.
Positive murmurs came from the dark. Across the beach Lux and Pat were huddled in conversation.
We huddled together on the cliff ledge, waiting for rescue.
I hope that it humanizes me and makes me more accessible," Huddleston told Inside Higher Ed. College presidents around USA impersonated on Twitter
Mum was still huddled under the blanket.
We all huddled around the radio to hear the news.
Below, three men huddled by a black Land-Rover, one of them on a mobile. CHAMELEON
Several drivers honk their horns in support and the huddle of firefighters on the picket line lift their arms in grateful acknowledgement.
I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
Next to us is a woman reading a book, huddled up, occasionally reaching for her glass of wine (in which the level scarcely changes all the time we are there).
From a dark courtyard came a sound of oaths and blows, followed by shrill screams, and, huddled upon a damp doorstep, he saw the crook-backed forms of poverty and eld.
Mrs Clinton was huddled with advisers at her headquarters.
Last Thursday was the group's last meeting -- program staff call meeting "huddles" -- before they present their project to a panel this week at The Grove that will include New Haven State Rep. Juan Candelaria and former Alderwoman Lindy Gold. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
This inbounds play starts off the same way as the huddle, except your players face your inbounder this time, and they don't put their arms around each other.
He’s already picked up the support of potential candidate Linwood Faulk, but Huddleston is probably going to have at least one serious primary opponent. Meet Lou Huddleston (R Cand, NC-08). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
We were huddled in a shadowy corner so that just in case anyone was prowling around they wouldn't spot us.
The players huddled together here after a match for a post-mortem of the game, analysing and discussing, striving to iron out the flaws.
They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.
Three black kids in sagging black denim huddle around a souped-up eighties Camaro with enormous chrome rims. Monkeytown prologue/chapter first
She huddled together with her mother, caring for her, making her comfortable.
The president, who huddled with cabinet members in the secure Situation Room on Monday "to decide on next steps," also requested that legislation be sent to Congress to "toughen" and reform existing law on caps on damages linked to oil spills, the White House said. Turkish Press
As the kids and I huddled together on the floor in the basement I sent up a silent prayer of thanks that we were all safe and basically in good spirits.
Branden also joined the early morning escapade, but he merely sat down next to the small huddle of human mass on the floor.
They all huddled around the fire.
Needing a breath of fresh air to quell the residual nausea in his stomach, he limped a few yards back into the cooling shade of the junglelike forest that huddled on one side of the property. Forbidden Enchantment
Under the freeway bridges, huddles of young men have parked up their cars, set up garden chairs, and are picnicking to hip-hop from battered stereos.
After another hour of scrimmaging, the players and coaches huddled around midcourt for one last speech from Larranaga. Aspiring D-Leaguer? Apply Within
When I spoke to Huddleston he was full of praise for Shuker, whom he described as a formidable opponent and star of a future Labour government. Esther Rantzen and the battle for Luton
I remember being huddled on the dark sands, pestering my parents for a ride on the donkeys. Times, Sunday Times
Stepping into the doorway separating the two rooms, he studied her slim form huddled on the couch.
They are huddled in the remaining buildings and relying on airlifts for supplies, since the base's runway was also lost to the deep.
I huddled very close to her and she to me. Times, Sunday Times
Eight people are huddled around the stove, drinking freshly mulled wine to keep out the chill.
I found Jett in the blue drawing room, huddled in a corner of the sofa. DEAD BEAT
He just sat there all huddled up until someone said the harbourmaster wanted to see him. The Sun
I miss the days of putting on Christmas plays and pageants for the masses who would huddle in gymnasiums or church pews just to see frightened little kids put on a show.
He was fast asleep, huddled under a canvas tarpaulin.
When John and I crest the hill overlooking the village, the population is gathered in a huddle in the middle of the houses.
Trapped Rafah residents huddled in the innermost rooms of their homes as bullets rained outside.
Cameras will be placed in locker rooms, helmets, and huddles, and players and coaches will be equipped with microphones during games.
He huddled his books in the corner of his bedroom.
The fishermen's village at Puerto Santo Tomás is a huddle of terraced shacks on the bluff above the bay.
The executive board huddled to discuss the issue.
So we performed five tracks huddled around the one mic. The Sun
I huddled under a blanket on the floor.
Huddle the painter had scraped the wall and begun a new fresco, his first church painting.
Between Prince and wizard, Leynart said nothing, only clutched his precious spell-box to his chest and huddled deeper in this miniver cloak like a cold lapdog on a pillow. The Silicon Mage
He's the best quarterback on the roster, period, because of what he brings to the huddle and the passing game.
A crowd of grey cloaked figures huddled together, like a ragged flock of birds.
The players huddled together here after a match for a post-mortem of the game, analysing and discussing, striving to iron out the flaws.
Huddled clapboard houses substitute for the raw-plank architecture of the frontier town; an industrial bridge provides background sublimity in the absence of mountains.
I noticed a crowd was gathering, a flock of women in huddles whispering to each other on the outskirts of the crowd.
I huddled on my clothes and hurried to the factory.
Instead of getting their information from the crier, the citizens would huddle around a piece of paper to have someone read it to them.
But the truth is that at home at this time, the children would be huddled by the telly while Nev and I grab a moment to catch up after work, and later Nev would be channel-hopping while I mindlessly flick around the internet or read beside him. Powerless to resist: a no-tech break on the Isle of Wight
The snow blew against his huddled body.
Finally, South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane called a huddle of the major players in a last-gasp effort to find compromise language. News
Thick smoke could be seen rising from neighbourhoods in the south and east of the city as terrified inhabitants huddled inside their homes. Times, Sunday Times
We stood huddled together for warmth.
He notes he has adapted to no-huddles, mondo replays and screen clutter.
They huddled in blankets donated in massive international relief operations to help El Salvador cope with its worst quake in at least a decade.
We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air.
As the cavalcade of over 25 cars passed through Glenade that evening, the sheep in McGloin's meadow huddled together bewildered by the hooting horns and flashing lights.
Either it is a well-arranged universe or a chaos huddled together, but still a universe. But can a certain order subsist in thee, and disorder in the All?
So we performed five tracks huddled around the one mic. The Sun
The children huddled closely together for warmth.
I suppose you could invite a gang of male friends around, drink cans of lager, turn it up loud and all bounce around in a huddle - but that stopped being my idea of fun quite a while ago.
They have mic in huddles that never go to commercials. NBC’s Olympic Web Blackout: The View From CBS and Major League Baseball - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Mark Huddleston does use Twitter: @MarkHuddleston is actually he. College presidents around USA impersonated on Twitter
Coach wouldn't say a word, merely pulled us into a huddle and began talking basketball until he was interrupted by a sudden roar of the crowd.
They didn't appear to hear her, but were actually conferring in some sort of huddle, weapons and all.
Who's been batting for their poor huddled masses? Times, Sunday Times
As with the highly misleading phrase Stavrogin's Confession, critics and commentators behave as if they had got into a huddle.
Old men decked in brocaded black robes talked in huddles, their matronly wives - veterans of grand weddings past - glittering gold and exuding scent.
Rotatable or movable seating in large classrooms and auditoriums, so students have options for small group huddles or discussion.
On the field a group of players were locked in an impromptu huddle. Times, Sunday Times
We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars, clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies.
The Automobile Association skeleton staff trio will be huddled in front of their personal computer screens relaying road conditions to drivers.
They stood in a scared little huddle, feeling strangely careful with each other.
The metal bottle holding a pint of pyroligneous ether fuel next to it had exploded, sending shrapnel flying in all directions but evidently just barely passing over their heads as they huddled in the tent. The Terror
He was very cold, so he huddled up against his brother in bed.
When he - a briefless barrister - stepped ashore in 1839, Melbourne was little more than a huddle of huts.
On the field a group of players were locked in an impromptu huddle. Times, Sunday Times
He was very cold, so he huddled up against his brother in bed.
We huddle for comfort under the shelter of a cautious coalition government. Times, Sunday Times

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