1
: a large lump, piece, or portion
a hunk of bread
2
: an attractive and usually well-built man
Examples of hunk in a Sentence
a steak cut into meaty hunks
That actor is such a hunk!
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On the other hand, there is the new Whitney, whose west side, facing the Hudson, resembles a ship with a white sail—if the sail were a hunk of Styrofoam and the ship sinking.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Good Flying Birds carved out their own little hunk of Midwestern guitar heaven.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
Cool rice noodle sheets are laid with hunks of the seafood, pickled shiitake, garlic butter sauce and nuoc cham, cut into pieces with scissors at the table.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On the other hand, there is the new Whitney, whose west side, facing the Hudson, resembles a ship with a white sail—if the sail were a hunk of Styrofoam and the ship sinking.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Good Flying Birds carved out their own little hunk of Midwestern guitar heaven.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
Cool rice noodle sheets are laid with hunks of the seafood, pickled shiitake, garlic butter sauce and nuoc cham, cut into pieces with scissors at the table.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunk
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunk. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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hunk
noun1
: a large lump or piece
2
: a male who is physically very attractive
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