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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble
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Recent Examples of hunk
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.
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
This year, that whole hunk of beef likely cost a precious penny.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 24 Dec. 2025
And a big hunk of it played a major role in a presidential farewell party.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
This bread pudding-like bake starts with hunks of challah and bittersweet chocolate.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
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Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
This year, that whole hunk of beef likely cost a precious penny.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 24 Dec. 2025
And a big hunk of it played a major role in a presidential farewell party.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2025
This bread pudding-like bake starts with hunks of challah and bittersweet chocolate.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunk
Noun
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The Horned Frogs bring back Zach Chapman and Paul Oyewale at defensive end, but need to replace Devean Deal and Jonathan Bax at stud.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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United were struggling to make those mistakes pay until Thiaw got his studs caught in the turf and fell to the ground.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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With the injury taking place so late in the year, Kittle won’t be a regular participant in OTAs and training camp and stands to miss a chunk of the 2026 season.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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And ultimately, the movie really does reflect the screenplay, except maybe for large chunks cut out.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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This Lord of Darkness is a melancholy beefcake carrying the demon spawn of his neglectful lover, President Trump, a rebound from his previous boyfriend, Saddam Hussein.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2025
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The audience is free to ogle beefcake, but Cope doesn’t get any action.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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During the drying cycle, stop the dryer and massage the coat with your hands to help break up any down clumps.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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These ads showed images of tractors, mountains of blueberries and a man’s hands massaging a clump of dirt, each segment highlighting a different part of the industry.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Every eyeful was a universe, a cosmos squeezed into a teacup.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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After sports commentator Nate Burleson stuffed America's collective stocking with an eyeful of bright red Christmas attire on Netflix's NFL Christmas Day livestream, cohost and former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan poked back.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
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Finding a small liver wad incredibly difficult.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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Lined up next to rookie left tackle Josh Simmons and veteran center Creed Humphrey, Suamataia took some lumps in the first two preseason games before settling in for a clean sheet in the third look against the Bears.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 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,
7 Jan. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
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Peanut Butter Boppers Gone but not forgotten, these lunchbox-friendly snacks were essentially globs of peanut butter rolled into tubes and surrounded by candy.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunk. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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