How to Use hulking in a Sentence

hulking

adjective
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  • A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • For decades, Corktown stood in the long shadow of the hulking 17-story train station.
    — Corey Williams, Star Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • The pace inside this hulking pile of stone was once frenetic.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Now, these won’t be Robo Rovers that can plow through streams and scramble over hulking tree roots—at least not anytime soon.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 9 June 2018
  • One worker sorts through the hulking pile all day, wearing heavy duty gloves in case something sharp is caught in the sheets.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • For the main course, there were creamy mashed potatoes, crispy roasted brussels sprouts and the hulking eight-pound brisket from the nearby butcher, the Meat Hook.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • As at Ruta’s, the centerpiece of Līga’s house is a hulking brick cepeškrāsns.
    — Amy Thielen, Saveur, 10 Oct. 2018
  • The main new feature of the dock is warm air drying to prevent mold growth on the mopping pad and a redesign that makes the dock look slightly less hulking.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But how exactly did the hulking Altar Stone arrive on the Salisbury Plain in the first place?
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The overall look remains similar to the original, but this looks like a longer, slightly more hulking unit.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2024

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