How to Use hulking in a Sentence

hulking

adjective

• A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
• The cars are hulking and chrome-trimmed; the music is jazzy-perky.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• Russia, the hulking neighbor to the east, was seen as the main threat.
  — Jo Becker, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2019
• Some of the hulking machines date back to World War II.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
• This is a big, hulking phone, but the buttons are easy to press, even with gloves.
  — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 13 May 2021
• The actor traipsed through the snow in a hulking coat and a pair of funky moon boots in grinch green on top of a black dress.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2022
• Schooners would sail to the fishing grounds, dropping the hulking two-person boats over the side.
  — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
• The actor wore a corset with a cross-hatch skirt with kicky fringe and a hulking comforter-style shawl.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2022
• Dangling high in the air, the machines look like insects against the hulking 400-foot-long ship.
  — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019
• The hulking Twin Parks North West tower had once been a beacon of hope for so many of them.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Jan. 2022
• On one side, the ground had been dug up to support the hulking frame of new construction.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• In the clip, the five-time all-star can be seen barreling out of the arena’s parking lot in the hulking truck.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
• Still, what to do about the hulking dog crate in the kitchen and the assorted chew toys scattered around the living room?
  — Michelle Higgins, sacbee, 25 May 2018
• The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car.
  — CBS News, 12 May 2022
• The Eagles have no answer for the hulking tight end who will end up with 100-plus yards and two touchdowns in the win.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 31 Jan. 2018
• Rotary wing work takes place in two hulking World War II-era hangars.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• The restaurant, which has not yet been named, is expected to give life to the hulking building that once housed the Hub Kitchen and Taps.
  — Daily Pilot, 4 Sep. 2019
• For decades, Corktown stood in the long shadow of the hulking 17-story train station.
  — Corey Williams, Star Tribune, 17 Nov. 2020
• But even so, his campaign hasn’t supported the hulking weight of his health care costs.
  — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• But that wasn’t their first impression of the hulking bronze sculpture.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2018
• But not to this hulking Pro Football Hall of Famer who’s walking over to his table.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2021
• With two feet turned to the right, the giant stretches one arm sideways, while the other raises a hulking club.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Johnson left in the first quarter and spent part of the final three on the Lions' sideline with a hulking brace on his right knee.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
• Even Webb wasn’t able to keep Yordan Alvarez, the Astros’ hulking left fielder, on the ground.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
• The pace inside this hulking pile of stone was once frenetic.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Now, these won’t be Robo Rovers that can plow through streams and scramble over hulking tree roots—at least not anytime soon.
  — Alex Davies, WIRED, 9 June 2018
• One worker sorts through the hulking pile all day, wearing heavy duty gloves in case something sharp is caught in the sheets.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
• For the main course, there were creamy mashed potatoes, crispy roasted brussels sprouts and the hulking eight-pound brisket from the nearby butcher, the Meat Hook.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Their black sheep is Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen), a hulking figure with a chainsaw who wears the skin of his victims.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• The overall look remains similar to the original, but this looks like a longer, slightly more hulking unit.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024