How to Use bunker in a Sentence

bunker

1 of 2 noun
  • The ammunition is stored in concrete bunkers.
  • The bunker, none of that is in play.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And so ends the story of our main bunker.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • He was widely thought to have been in a bunker.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Four bunkers are on the right side of the landing area.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • The hole used to be 340 yards with no bunkers.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • He's holed up in some bunker or in some-- secret place.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • The route to the bunker was short, just a couple of miles.
    — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His pitch was short and rolled down the back of the green, behind a bunker.
    — Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Her bunker shot for eagle sent her out at 31.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • There's just a lot of bunkers, a lot of water and the golf holes are long.
    — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The pickup came to a halt outside our bunker.
    — Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Was the design of the bunker a refence to anything?
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • The final two bunkers protect the front of the green.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Those at the front of the bunker were killed by the explosions.
    — Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Rory just duffed one into the bunker.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • And what happened in the outside world, why was this bunker built?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The two of them were speaking in a bunker as the city was being shelled.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And that’s what her goal is — her life’s goal is something other than just the bunker.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The people living in the bunker have been living a very easy life.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The people living in the bunker have been living a very easy life.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • What do the people inside the bunker decide to do?
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Any bunkers that meet those standards will be sent to Jordan.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • No one was injured, as personnel were in their bunkers at the time.
    — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But others have survived, had their own version of a bunker.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But others have survived, had their own version of a bunker.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And the bunker could have been protected in other ways.
    — Samuel Granados, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • So, yes, everything is very fine and very cool outside of the bunker.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In other words, don't just think of your mudroom as a storage bunker.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Talley decided to drop in the bunker, and then did the same thing again.
    — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026

bunker

2 of 2 verb
  • They bunkered just enough coal to get them to the port.
  • She bunkered her tee shot.
  • This will be a good weekend to bunker in either at home or your favorite pub and enjoy some soccer.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Others might search for hotels or bunker down for an uncomfortable night of chair sleep.
    — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Cincinnati backline was pivotal in the second half as the home side began to bunker in.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 1 July 2018
  • Normally, teams bunker in deep after a player receives a red card, especially late in a game.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Cleveland’s executives are bunkered in, taking and making calls.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2020
  • This means that the Canadians could reasonably bunker down in the rematch, preferring to focus on defense to grind out a draw.
    — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Stann had just walked out of the campus barber shop when an announcement came over the loudspeaker that all midshipmen were to bunker down with their companies.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But will an all-out attack work against teams that won’t bunker — in particular, a potential matchup with host France in the quarterfinals?
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • Australia bunker down, and do it well Without the ball, Australia defend compactly as if they were instructed to do so from birth.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • His forgettable shots included bunkering a wedge after a perfect 319-yard drive on No.
    — Randy Youngman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Vancouver was bunkered into its defensive third protecting a 1-0 lead when the Dynamo went to work.
    — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Said pick will be made three days from now, and as the draft looms Thursday, the picture will continue to clarify as teams bunker down and make their final preparations.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 17 June 2019
  • The Norse were on the back foot and forced to bunker down for long stretches, but that was to be expected against one of the most monied sides in American soccer's lower leagues.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • This time, management held firm through a 232-day strike and the cancellation of the World Series, bunkered in until the end.
    — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 18 July 2017
  • And then on the par-5 13th, DeChambeau went from deep rough to deep rough to bunker, blasting out of the sand over the green next to a beer box, making double bogey.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2021
  • This means that large animals will bunker down in their indoor enclosures, whiles smaller residents will be moved to the safety of individual kennels in zoo buildings.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Unlike drafts in the other professional sports leagues, NHL executives aren't bunkered in a secretive war room.
    — Chris Hine, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
  • The image features Ackles and Padalecki, minus their quarantine beards, hanging in the Men of Letters bunker with the tape ball.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The three ports also have accelerated their alternative fuels bunkering capabilities over the past three years.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • After spending the past five months bunkered at the league’s hub in Texas, Buckley had time to reflect on the twists and turns of a 10-week season that ended with a 1-9 record.
    — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Frogs, which usually bunker down during cooler weather — the middle of the year in Australia — were apparently wandering out into the open, sitting down, and dying en masse.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • Los Angeles’ defense intercepted Derek Carr three times and managed to bunker down and keep the Raiders out of the end zone multiple times in the fourth quarter.
    — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • And by this summer, the company’s (and the world’s) first-ever carbon-neutral vessel should hit the water in South Korea, while the port of Shanghai will bunker its green fuel.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • An early goal by Mount Pleasant would transfer the pressure toward the Galaxy, who would then either have to bunker in to hold a two-goal lead or try to push for one, which would be an all-important road goal.
    — Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In the photo, Padalecki and Ackles are seen sitting at the end of the table in the Men of Letters bunker with the infamous tape ball positioned closer to the camera — wearing a mask.
    — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Guided by a famously defensive-minded tactician named Carlos Queiroz, Iran had both the incentive and capacity to bunker down and turn the game into a stalemate.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Local media reported that half of the remaining people who had bunkered down at Polytechnic University since last week handed themselves in Tuesday morning.
    — Time Staff, Time, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Newsletter Sign-up The study said 87% of the investment will be needed for the production of new fuels and the storage and bunkering facilities for refueling ships at ports.
    — Costas Paris, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2020

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