Synonyms of hulking
Examples of hulking in a Sentence
A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way
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Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.
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Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Jacob Misiorowski, the Milwaukee Brewers’ young ace, is the same height as Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ hulking slugger, and about half his size.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Size and stature are a part of it, since neither player has a hulking frame.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Jacob Misiorowski, the Milwaukee Brewers’ young ace, is the same height as Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ hulking slugger, and about half his size.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Size and stature are a part of it, since neither player has a hulking frame.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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“Hulking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hulking. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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