How to Use chunk in a Sentence

chunk

noun

• She spends a good chunk of her day on the phone.
• He devoted a large chunk of time to the project.
• She cut the fruit into large chunks.
• Take a chunk of the cake scraps, and attach it to the back of the cake to form the bunny's tail.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
• But a good chunk of her speech was a shout-out to the writers.
  — Vulture, 7 May 2023
• Serve with chunks of cornbread to soak up every drop of the broth.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• Still there’s a sense that, on Gaza, Biden has gotten on the wrong side of a chunk of his base.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2024
• This is not the first chunk of an asteroid brought back to Earth.
  — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• Separate the chunks of meat from the vegetables and set the meat aside.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Shred pork: Press each pork chunk against side of cooker to shred; stir to combine.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
• Shelter costs, which make up a big chunk of the CPI, are also poised to slow in the coming months.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 17 Sep. 2023
• The grill produces a good amount of smoke off just one wood chunk and funnels that smoke quickly over the meat and out the damper.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
• While there, check out The Freedom Trail to both soak in some history and see a good chunk of the city in one go.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
• Serve the 8 oz. chunk of cheese with crackers, or cut it up for dinner and serve it with a salad.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• These solid chunks of frozen liquid take less time to melt than cubes.
  — Casey Clark, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
• That, and the air-conditioning unit takes up a chunk of the passenger footwell.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2023
• David Booth, a billionaire from Austin, is funding a chunk of it.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 July 2023
• The nice chassis makes the screen look all the more grainy, and with Copilot taking up a good chunk of the right side of the screen, the interface has a cramped feel.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• But at least one chunk of concrete had broken off and fallen in.
  — Tony Leys, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• Madison Booker, the Longhorns' best player, also spent a big chunk of the second half on the bench, with four fouls.
  — Mark Rosner, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• And while Europe, steeped in the mead-making tradition, still holds the largest chunk of that market, the U.S. is closing fast.
  — Tony Rehagen, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Everyone gathers around the pot with wooden spoons and breaks off chunks.
  — Lee Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
• The two sides agreed on a formula in 2017 when the family decided to sell the first chunk of the business that sets the price based on the earnings.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• And as Nowlin held out a chunk of fish with a pair of silver tongs, Basil waddled forward, opened his toothy mouth, and chomped.
  — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2023
• The bill sought to prevent parking garage collapses like the one that took a chunk out of Bayshore mall's garage in February 2023.
  — Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
• On my map, Yemen was a tidy oblong chunk at the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula.
  — Jane Ferguson, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
• Think of it as taking a small chunk of time to breathe and be aware, letting passing thoughts come and go like clouds in the sky or a train car on its way to the next stop.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 9 Jan. 2024
• There were no chunks of large debris around the launch pad after Saturday's liftoff.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
• And without Moore and Marquise Goodwin, who is still sidelined with blood clots, the Browns were missing a huge chunk of speed.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Complicating matters, their lender pulled out a chunk of their money late in the game.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024