How to Use hull in a Sentence

hull

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• The ship spun and fell against the rocks, which gouged and ripped apart the hull.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
• Applause, at the end, came in the form of paddles thumped against hulls.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Now the rickety hull is springing leaks on both sides of the ball.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• In the years that followed, crews raised St. Lucie’s hull from the depths and fixed it up.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• Two more smack into the side hull of BMPs racing down the road.
  — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• The minesweepers were made of steel, but the Satellite’s hull was wooden.
  — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• Here, a strong, yet-lightweight, aluminum hull helps counter the weight of the battery.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2023
• Monthly slip rentals depend on the length of the slip or the boat’s hull, whichever is longer.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• Construction of the hull started with fore and aft stems fastened to the keel.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• One hull was made of wood, flattened scrap metal and a tree branch for a mast.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
• The ship has the classic Viking ship design, with one major sail and a long curved hull.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• The cramped hull is lined with old sugar bags, now filled with sand and rock as ballast.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• As the captain raced back to the bridge, the Exxon Valdez shuddered and crashed to a halt, its metal hull tearing open on the reef.
  — Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2022
• Finally, the crews apply 90 gallons of paint to the hull.
  — Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
• The mangled hull of a tank, its turret pointing lamely toward the sky, lay in a ditch by the side of the road.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Coast Guard described the boat as having a bluish-purple hull, while structure and sails.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
• The aircraft would be the first A350 hull to be destroyed by an accident.
  — Danny Lee, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• First, hemp hulls are a bit smaller than buckwheat hulls.
  — Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2023
• This means the hull could be delivered faster than usual.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
• The Fortitude drifted too close to the cannibal shore and its hull was ripped open by a dock.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• White sesame seeds are the product of removing the black outer shell (or hull) from black sesame seeds.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
• And a tank crew seen grabbing a quick lunch last year had slapped a World of Tanks logo on the hull of its T-80 main battle tank.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• The Coast Guard said the vessel has a bluish-purple hull, a white superstructure and white sails.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• The hull will be crafted from green epoxy composites and finished in high gloss paint that shines bright like a sword.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• Border guards found a seat on the hull, and in a plume of acrid exhaust, the tanks pulled away from the tree line toward their next objective.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• The archway at the entrance to the neighborhood had been demolished; the gnarled hull of a black car sat nearby.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Teredo navalis—a reddish shipworm, which can grow longer than a foot—ate through hulls.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The case itself takes on the shape of an ACJ window down to the aircraft window’s multi-layered hull.
  — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
• This flotation device served as the machine’s hull in the water, and was shaped like a trefoil to leave room for the airflow of the rotors.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2023

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hull

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• Next, hull the berries by using a paring knife to remove the green stems.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• A group of stalwart parishioners will hand-pick bushels of berries, wash them, hull them and offer them to those at the festival.
  — Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• The small blade gives you more control for jobs like hulling and halving strawberries.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Place 1 strawberry, hulled and quartered, and 2-3 basil leaves in the bottom of each highball glass.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
• As the designer uses a straw to hull her jewel-like strawberries, Crew stands by at the ready.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
• In the United States, many seeds that don’t need hulling are harvested from two pumpkin varieties: oilseed and snow whites.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Built in Philadelphia, steel-hulled and immense, the Cyclops splashed in as the Navy’s biggest, fastest fuel ship.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Eventually, the bean gets dried down, hulled and prepared for roasting.
  — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2018
• Using the paring knife for hulling strawberries was straightforward and easy.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• Purée hulled strawberries, mint leaves, lime juice, agave nectar, rose water (if using), and 2 cups cold water in a blender until smooth.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 28 May 2018
• How does Liberica excelsa taste when it’s dried, hulled and roasted?
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• To make strawberry ice cream, add 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and sliced. To make cookies and cream ice cream, add 1 cup of crushed Oreos. Use cold ingredients.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• In a large skillet, toast raw, hulled sunflower seeds over medium heat until lightly browned and fragrant, about 3 minutes.
  — Betsy Andrews, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
• When hulled, these pleasantly nutty granules look like flattened rice kernels mixed with herbs.
  — Nikita Richardson, Bon Appetit, 24 Feb. 2017
• La Lupita uses Mazahua corn, grown more than 8,200 feet above sea level, and nixtamalizes (a process where the corn is soaked, cooked, washed, and hulled) and grinds it in-house, then slaps it into sizzling warm tortillas.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2020
• Captain Carlson attributed the Zumwalt’s stability to hull form, relative location of the rudder stops, and the size of the propellers.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2020
• This makes minesweepers, wooden or fiberglass-hulled ships specifically designed to hunt down and dispose of minesweepers, vital in a conflict.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
• Karl Stoltze typically drove a rigid-hulled, Zodiac-like inflatable raft, Wehmhoff said.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2018
• Sarter was the operator of a 21-foot Monark aluminum-hulled boat that capsized about 11 a.m. after the engine became waterlogged, according to the sheriff’s office report.
  — Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• Not all mixes are equal; striped sunflower, for example, is not favored by as many bird species as black-oil sunflower or hulled or chipped sunflowers, according to a three-year study, Project Wildbird.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Though the state agricultural department says farmers can still sell hemp seed, hulled hemp, and a variety of other hemp products, cultivators say those sales likely wouldn’t be profitable enough to keep them in business.
  — Felicia Gans, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
• Next, hull the berries by using a paring knife to remove the green stems.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• A group of stalwart parishioners will hand-pick bushels of berries, wash them, hull them and offer them to those at the festival.
  — Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• The small blade gives you more control for jobs like hulling and halving strawberries.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Place 1 strawberry, hulled and quartered, and 2-3 basil leaves in the bottom of each highball glass.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
• As the designer uses a straw to hull her jewel-like strawberries, Crew stands by at the ready.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
• In the United States, many seeds that don’t need hulling are harvested from two pumpkin varieties: oilseed and snow whites.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Built in Philadelphia, steel-hulled and immense, the Cyclops splashed in as the Navy’s biggest, fastest fuel ship.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018

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