How to Use chunk in a Sentence

chunk

1 of 2 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

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chunk

2 of 2 verb

• Roast the sweet flesh as a side, or chunk it for stews.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022
• Cut the raw beef steak into chunks the size of a Roma tomato.
  — Andrea Nguyen, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2017
• Top those with the protein (could be chunked or whole filet).
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• My mother glared at the remaining dough and chunked it in the trash.
  — Debbie Moose, charlotteobserver, 19 Dec. 2017
• Some even hand-deliver the mineral chunks back to the slopes of the Kilauea volcano.
  — Linda Hervieux, Fox News, 16 May 2017
• In the first round, Mattie, Swaggy, and Cory decide to team up and chunk out the sequence together.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2020
• The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
• Maybe it could be chunked up into deals for Rodney Hood and Seth Curry.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 28 June 2019
• The blast lifted 100-pound manhole covers into the air and broke up the street into chunks the size of furniture.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Defense shines again: Don Brown's defense got chunked on three plays.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
• Clearly flustered, Spieth then chunked his third shot from the drop area into the water again.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• The skewers of pork belly were another beer cuisine winner, the tender chunks glazed in a sweet dark reduction of the colonial-theme spruce ale.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• The tree chunks Answer Man has seen have mostly been on telecommunications lines, which Jamerson said Pepco’s crews don’t touch.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 July 2018
• Cruise boats take day trips to some of Southcentral Alaska's biggest and brightest glaciers, which send chunks the size of cars into the water with dramatic splashes.
  — Josh Niva, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2018
• But the software can chunk them together in various ways to make possible letters.
  — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2018
• Weigh out 1 3/4 pounds chunks (about one quarter of the flesh) and place in a blender with the sugar, lime juice, salt and rosewater; place the remaining chunks in a bowl, cover with plastic and refrigerate until ready to use.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
• But the conditions were deteriorating as snow that had warmed and melted during the day began to freeze into chunks the size of small hailstones.
  — Elliott D. Woods, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2018
• To poach a burl, thieves hack into live and dead trees, carving out gigantic chunks that can then be either transported on the backs of trucks whole, or chunked into small, more manageable pieces.
  — Lyndsie Bourgon, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2017
• All these steps, chunked into a single unit in the memory, are triggered by the environmental cue of getting into your car.
  — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
• One particular motif has Camille driving around town, chunking the same Led Zeppelin tape into her car stereo.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 July 2018
• For the last eleven years, everyone’s favorite purveyor of scattered, smothered, covered, and chunked hash browns transforms from a beloved greasy spoon to a fine dining establishment brimming with romance.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2018
• Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3).
  — Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2019
• Roast the sweet flesh as a side, or chunk it for stews.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022
• Cut the raw beef steak into chunks the size of a Roma tomato.
  — Andrea Nguyen, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2017
• Top those with the protein (could be chunked or whole filet).
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• My mother glared at the remaining dough and chunked it in the trash.
  — Debbie Moose, charlotteobserver, 19 Dec. 2017
• Some even hand-deliver the mineral chunks back to the slopes of the Kilauea volcano.
  — Linda Hervieux, Fox News, 16 May 2017
• In the first round, Mattie, Swaggy, and Cory decide to team up and chunk out the sequence together.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 21 May 2020
• The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
• Maybe it could be chunked up into deals for Rodney Hood and Seth Curry.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 28 June 2019

Last Updated: 7 May 2024