How to Use huddle in a Sentence

huddle

1 of 2 verb
  • We huddled around the campfire.
  • The students huddled over their desks.
  • The sheep huddled together for warmth.
  • Union representatives are huddling to discuss the proposal.
  • Don’t ditch your ride or dies, but don’t feel the need to stay glued to the team huddle.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This beer is my number one draft pick. Time to huddle...around the chip bowl.
    Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In what had been the kitchen, a bowed fridge, a warped sink top and a charred oven huddled together.
    Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The Ravens will still huddle, and Jackson will have plenty of calls to make on his own.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Everyone starts by huddling and putting the same leg in the middle.
    Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The French rugby team huddle ahead of last year's Six Nations match against Wales.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • At the opposite end of the floor, inside the San Diego State huddle, things weren’t so festive.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The cameras huddled around Ramaswamy, whose voice was inaudible to much of the crowd.
    Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • But alone after hours, the two men would huddle to talk and would call each other by their names.
    John Blake, CNN, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Is the duchy of Brabant (present-day Belgium) huddling in a giant bomb crater?
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Exchange for Change team takes the break to huddle about who will perform at the graduation.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The two stayed warm overnight by huddling together, according to the AP.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the Tigers’ huddle, coach Norm Stewart’s plan was to disrupt the jitterbug point guard.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Bush Hager shared a clip of the three huddled together on a sled while Dad Henry Hager pushed them down a snowy hill.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • In a nice touch, the threat of a German bombing forces Freud and Lewis to huddle together in a nearby church.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In the video, the gray sperm whales are seen huddled together as orcas circle around them.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The final picture is of all six castmates huddling backstage in a group hug.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Cold winter days huddled under a soft blanket call for a warm bowl of soup.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Survivors huddled in the freezing cold, setting fires to keep warm.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The cast and crew were also all shown huddling together for a group photo.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • At the fairgrounds shelter, the kids huddle together after the 3 p.m. bus drop-offs.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Teammates and coaches have praised Ewers’ growth in the locker room and huddle.
    Jim Vertuno, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For a half hour, a family huddled inside; then young men from the village arrived and threw rocks at the Israelis.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Now, somehow, they were huddled against a wall, bracing for impact.
    Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Reward prompts voles to stay close to each other, to huddle together.
    Steven Phelps, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Several dozen migrants, nearly all of them Black, huddled along a hallway by the exit to the parking lot.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
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huddle

2 of 2 noun
  • The boss is in a huddle with the marketing director.
  • The quarterback called the offense into a huddle.
  • The huddle was by far the most stressful part of the job.
    Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The Brazilians ran to the corner of the pitch and bounced in a tight huddle.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Poised and calm, the Cavs broke the huddle and ran their offense.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The cadence in the huddle, say, or the body language on the sideline.
    Shawn Windsor, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
  • Ward later said that the Jets laughed in the huddle after the Cobb hit.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Toppin said the play drawn up in the huddle called for Tshiebwe to receive the ball in the post.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Flutie knew what the call would be and waved to Bicknell from the huddle.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Time has taught Reno to exude calm on the field and in the huddle, and to put the last play behind him.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Get them through the pregame warm up, get them out of the huddle, get them through the first series there.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Hamlin later face-timed the Bills in the locker room and broke down the huddle.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • McCoy added that all 11 Saints in the huddle came to the decision.
    USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Sunday’s play call came to the surprise of Higgins in the huddle.
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The footage showed Cobb, 33, and Rodgers, 39, laughing in a huddle where Rodgers also called out Cobb for the block.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Just his command in the huddle and command on the sideline.
    Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The judges broke away into a huddle, with host Crews coming down to join them.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • The helmets in front of him popcorned as the players did little jumps to stay warm in the huddle.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Zach Wilson is on his way back to leading the New York Jets’ huddle.
    Dennis Waszak Jr., Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Running backs coach Tony Alford explained it to the third-year back in the next huddle.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Stanford has elite receivers and one of the best backs in football in his huddle.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But his demeanor in the huddle is a strength, leadership is a strength.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • What are the group huddles like when Frank, Karl, Gerri and the rest come together?
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2023
  • When each offense broke the huddle, the down and distance would flash in yellow block font.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Stefanovic huddles in the doorway of the school clinic with the nurse, concern on both their faces.
    Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • O’Brien said the days are long gone when an NFL team could stick with the play called in the huddle every time and expect to succeed.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2023
  • All those cliches and PowerPoints and fist bumps and claps in a tight huddle.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Morehead throws a great ball, but the coach is most impressed by his leadership and poise in the huddle.
    Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The quarterback with the black cutoff T-shirt and bleach-blond hair is leading a huddle.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
  • When his team broke their huddle, star wing Kawhi Leonard was out of the game, taking a seat next to the team’s assistant coaches.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024

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