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Examples of hulking in a Sentence
A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way
Recent Examples on the Web
For the past half hour, the crew navigated the hulking vessel through relatively calm waters and lined it up to pass perfectly under the main truss of the steel bridge, softly lit in the early morning darkness.
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USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
September 2024 Video Game Releases Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: September 9, 2024
Play as a hulking space marine and take down the Tyranid threat with brutal third-person shooting and melee fighting.
—PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Using massive barges and floating cranes, crews are clearing the hulking pieces of steel and hunks of concrete that have crippled the Port of Baltimore and spread economic pain locally and nationally.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
And Patel, notably, did not bulk up to hulking superhero levels for the role; the actor cuts a lean figure, underlining Kid’s vulnerability and naivete.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The way the story goes, Child, along with the producers at Skydance, were hoping to zero in on an actor who matched the character’s dimensions — a hulking presence at 6-foot-5 and 250 — more closely than 5-foot-7 Tom Cruise, who played Reacher in a 2012 film and 2016 sequel.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them together and started selling massive, hulking EV pickups with six-figure price tags.
—Steve Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Across the port, an experiment was underway to make the last mile of delivery more environmentally friendly: a hulking warehouse, set up in a 2022 deal between Haropa and Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant, to create a carbon-neutral way to deliver goods using the Seine.
—Liz Alderman James Hill, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Behind a play area the color and consistency of ground ginger sat a hulking pile of metal: a broken bore well.
—Damien Cave Atul Loke, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
September 2024 Video Game Releases Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Release Date: September 9, 2024
Play as a hulking space marine and take down the Tyranid threat with brutal third-person shooting and melee fighting.
—PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Using massive barges and floating cranes, crews are clearing the hulking pieces of steel and hunks of concrete that have crippled the Port of Baltimore and spread economic pain locally and nationally.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
And Patel, notably, did not bulk up to hulking superhero levels for the role; the actor cuts a lean figure, underlining Kid’s vulnerability and naivete.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The way the story goes, Child, along with the producers at Skydance, were hoping to zero in on an actor who matched the character’s dimensions — a hulking presence at 6-foot-5 and 250 — more closely than 5-foot-7 Tom Cruise, who played Reacher in a 2012 film and 2016 sequel.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them together and started selling massive, hulking EV pickups with six-figure price tags.
—Steve Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Across the port, an experiment was underway to make the last mile of delivery more environmentally friendly: a hulking warehouse, set up in a 2022 deal between Haropa and Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant, to create a carbon-neutral way to deliver goods using the Seine.
—Liz Alderman James Hill, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Behind a play area the color and consistency of ground ginger sat a hulking pile of metal: a broken bore well.
—Damien Cave Atul Loke, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Hulking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hulking. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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