as in lump
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle
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Recent Examples of hulk
Like the port-holes of a hulk, Human spiders spin and spin,
Backward down their threads so thin
Dropping, each a hempen bulk.
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Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
But keep going, turn a corner, and the museum reveals itself: a field filled with the hulks of old airplanes and a series of hangars that hint at more treasures inside.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
An empty lot surely is better than a deteriorated hulk.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
But keep going, turn a corner, and the museum reveals itself: a field filled with the hulks of old airplanes and a series of hangars that hint at more treasures inside.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
An empty lot surely is better than a deteriorated hulk.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hulk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hulk
Noun
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The Russian state has introduced incentives for women who have three or more children, including lump-sum payments, tax breaks and state benefits.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And, of course, the hapless American consumer, who’s been paying at least a substantial chunk of these tariffs in the form of higher prices for goods, is the big loser.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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But a lot of the firms that SoftBank invested in were losers from the get-go.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Neville includes a clip from a London play about The Beatles that bore the unwieldy title John, Paul, George, Ringo…and Bert, featured some very bad wigs and makeup and, in keeping with the official story, cast McCartney as the villain.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hollywood did end up telling that story, with Ben Foster portraying the actor as a villain in the 2015 movie The Program, which Armstrong was not a part of.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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The 22nd annual Puppy Bowl featured puppies on Team Ruff and Team Fluff competing in a mutt-size football stadium for the Wayfair Lombarky Trophy.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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The ordeal generated local headlines, as Berman had to navigate sheer rocks and treacherous terrain in the dark to save the mutt.—
Joe Berman,
Outside,
26 Dec. 2025
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Anyway, Melling says, the movie Pillion is its own beast.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Our team of a half dozen volunteers worked for a little over an hour, amazed at the size of these starchy beasts in the earthy soil.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Austrian director Adrian Goiginger’s film Four Minus Three, the true story of a professional clown struck by tragedy, has won the Europa Cinemas Label as best European film in the Panorama section of the Berlinale.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Feb. 2026
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There will be a clown, face painting and balloon art for the kids.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Hulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hulk. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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