How to Use hulking in a Sentence
hulking
adjective- A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
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The cars are hulking and chrome-trimmed; the music is jazzy-perky.
— Emily Heil, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023 -
Russia, the hulking neighbor to the east, was seen as the main threat.
— Jo Becker, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2019 -
Some of the hulking machines date back to World War II.
— Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024 -
The hulking mass of steel and concrete was the length of a tennis court, and half as wide.
— Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2017 -
This is a big, hulking phone, but the buttons are easy to press, even with gloves.
— Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 13 May 2021 -
The actor traipsed through the snow in a hulking coat and a pair of funky moon boots in grinch green on top of a black dress.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2022 -
Schooners would sail to the fishing grounds, dropping the hulking two-person boats over the side.
— Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019 -
The actor wore a corset with a cross-hatch skirt with kicky fringe and a hulking comforter-style shawl.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2022 -
Dangling high in the air, the machines look like insects against the hulking 400-foot-long ship.
— Henry Fountain, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019 -
The hulking Twin Parks North West tower had once been a beacon of hope for so many of them.
— Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Jan. 2022 -
On one side, the ground had been dug up to support the hulking frame of new construction.
— Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023 -
In the clip, the five-time all-star can be seen barreling out of the arena’s parking lot in the hulking truck.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Still, what to do about the hulking dog crate in the kitchen and the assorted chew toys scattered around the living room?
— Michelle Higgins, sacbee, 25 May 2018 -
The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car.
— CBS News, 12 May 2022 -
The Eagles have no answer for the hulking tight end who will end up with 100-plus yards and two touchdowns in the win.
— Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 31 Jan. 2018 -
Rotary wing work takes place in two hulking World War II-era hangars.
— Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 June 2022 -
The restaurant, which has not yet been named, is expected to give life to the hulking building that once housed the Hub Kitchen and Taps.
— Daily Pilot, 4 Sep. 2019 -
The hulking right field prospect also singled, walked twice, drove in six runs, scored two and stole his first base of the season.
— Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2017 -
All the atoms of the bar will act together as one quantum system, akin to one hulking atom.
— Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 -
For decades, Corktown stood in the long shadow of the hulking 17-story train station.
— Corey Williams, Star Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020 -
The hulking 22-inch wheels (20s are standard), high step-in height, and lofty greenhouse carry over.
— Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 22 Dec. 2017 -
But even so, his campaign hasn’t supported the hulking weight of his health care costs.
— Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018 -
But that wasn’t their first impression of the hulking bronze sculpture.
— Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2018 -
But not to this hulking Pro Football Hall of Famer who’s walking over to his table.
— Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2021 -
With two feet turned to the right, the giant stretches one arm sideways, while the other raises a hulking club.
— Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Johnson left in the first quarter and spent part of the final three on the Lions' sideline with a hulking brace on his right knee.
— Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019 -
Even Webb wasn’t able to keep Yordan Alvarez, the Astros’ hulking left fielder, on the ground.
— Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024 -
Is the man-who-would-be-Leatherface the hulking Bud, the manic Ike, or the frantic and traumatized Jackson?
— Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 -
The star, who voices the braggadocious Polynesian deity Maui in both Moana and Moana 2, has revealed the true nature of his hulking physique in the upcoming live-action version of the princess story.
— EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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