What is "haunches"

Usage examples of "haunches".

Brutus sat back on his haunches, waiting silently, his gaze never leaving the meat.

Brutus sink momentarily to h haunches before he recovered enough to swing about to face the attack.

The wolves sat on their haunches and watched the travelers through slanted eyes.

Their after-dinner guest sat on his haunches and raised his muzzle to howl back.

Everyone gathered around the large pit in which the haunches of bison were cooking.

Once they had the carcass divided into large haunches, they moved closer to the stream, leaving most of the bones with bits of meat still clinging to them to the prowling and flying scavengers, but little else.

A shock wave knocked Yorka back on his haunches, but the excited monk scrambled to his knees in time to watch the beam fan across the gray dust.

She sat on her haunches and gazed at the prisoner, who appeared to be sleeping peacefully, despite everything.

He squatted on his haunches, panting heavily and flashed his torch along the tunnel.

He began to rock to and fro on his haunches, humming to himself, seemingly oblivious to Ibryen, though from time to time he looked at him shrewdly.

It became more and more subdued and incoherent as they drifted off to sleep, until the only sound in the small camp was the Traveller humming softly to himself as he remained squatting on his haunches and staring into the fire.

It sat on its haunches for a moment or two, sized me up, then trotted even closer.

Cagney quickly rose from his haunches and gave a pleased yap, then chased after me when I drove on by.

He almost toppled over with the effort and I saw that his haunches and back legs were covered in blood, the pavement underneath him sticky with the stuff.

Nothing happened though, no sudden challenge interrupted my flight across open ground, and as soon as I reached the opposite wall, I went down on my haunches, facing out, the submachine gun weaving left and right, ready for the slightest disturbance.