How to Use hull in a Sentence

hull

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• The ship spun and fell against the rocks, which gouged and ripped apart the hull.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
• Applause, at the end, came in the form of paddles thumped against hulls.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Now the rickety hull is springing leaks on both sides of the ball.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• In the years that followed, crews raised St. Lucie’s hull from the depths and fixed it up.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• Two more smack into the side hull of BMPs racing down the road.
  — Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• The minesweepers were made of steel, but the Satellite’s hull was wooden.
  — Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• Here, a strong, yet-lightweight, aluminum hull helps counter the weight of the battery.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2023
• Monthly slip rentals depend on the length of the slip or the boat’s hull, whichever is longer.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• Construction of the hull started with fore and aft stems fastened to the keel.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• One hull was made of wood, flattened scrap metal and a tree branch for a mast.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
• The ship has the classic Viking ship design, with one major sail and a long curved hull.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• The cramped hull is lined with old sugar bags, now filled with sand and rock as ballast.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• As the captain raced back to the bridge, the Exxon Valdez shuddered and crashed to a halt, its metal hull tearing open on the reef.
  — Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2022
• Finally, the crews apply 90 gallons of paint to the hull.
  — Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
• The mangled hull of a tank, its turret pointing lamely toward the sky, lay in a ditch by the side of the road.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Coast Guard described the boat as having a bluish-purple hull, while structure and sails.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
• The aircraft would be the first A350 hull to be destroyed by an accident.
  — Danny Lee, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• First, hemp hulls are a bit smaller than buckwheat hulls.
  — Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2023
• This means the hull could be delivered faster than usual.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
• The Fortitude drifted too close to the cannibal shore and its hull was ripped open by a dock.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• White sesame seeds are the product of removing the black outer shell (or hull) from black sesame seeds.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
• And a tank crew seen grabbing a quick lunch last year had slapped a World of Tanks logo on the hull of its T-80 main battle tank.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• The Coast Guard said the vessel has a bluish-purple hull, a white superstructure and white sails.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• The hull will be crafted from green epoxy composites and finished in high gloss paint that shines bright like a sword.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• Border guards found a seat on the hull, and in a plume of acrid exhaust, the tanks pulled away from the tree line toward their next objective.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• The archway at the entrance to the neighborhood had been demolished; the gnarled hull of a black car sat nearby.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
• Teredo navalis—a reddish shipworm, which can grow longer than a foot—ate through hulls.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The case itself takes on the shape of an ACJ window down to the aircraft window’s multi-layered hull.
  — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
• Usually the essayist commissioned to take to the sea is in their first or second flush of youth and is ready to sharpen their wit against the hull of the offending vessel.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024

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hull

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• Next, hull the berries by using a paring knife to remove the green stems.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• A group of stalwart parishioners will hand-pick bushels of berries, wash them, hull them and offer them to those at the festival.
  — Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• The small blade gives you more control for jobs like hulling and halving strawberries.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Place 1 strawberry, hulled and quartered, and 2-3 basil leaves in the bottom of each highball glass.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
• As the designer uses a straw to hull her jewel-like strawberries, Crew stands by at the ready.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
• In the United States, many seeds that don’t need hulling are harvested from two pumpkin varieties: oilseed and snow whites.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Built in Philadelphia, steel-hulled and immense, the Cyclops splashed in as the Navy’s biggest, fastest fuel ship.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Eventually, the bean gets dried down, hulled and prepared for roasting.
  — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2018
• Using the paring knife for hulling strawberries was straightforward and easy.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• Purée hulled strawberries, mint leaves, lime juice, agave nectar, rose water (if using), and 2 cups cold water in a blender until smooth.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 28 May 2018
• How does Liberica excelsa taste when it’s dried, hulled and roasted?
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• To make strawberry ice cream, add 1 pint of strawberries, hulled and sliced. To make cookies and cream ice cream, add 1 cup of crushed Oreos. Use cold ingredients.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• In a large skillet, toast raw, hulled sunflower seeds over medium heat until lightly browned and fragrant, about 3 minutes.
  — Betsy Andrews, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
• When hulled, these pleasantly nutty granules look like flattened rice kernels mixed with herbs.
  — Nikita Richardson, Bon Appetit, 24 Feb. 2017
• La Lupita uses Mazahua corn, grown more than 8,200 feet above sea level, and nixtamalizes (a process where the corn is soaked, cooked, washed, and hulled) and grinds it in-house, then slaps it into sizzling warm tortillas.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2020
• Captain Carlson attributed the Zumwalt’s stability to hull form, relative location of the rudder stops, and the size of the propellers.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2020
• This makes minesweepers, wooden or fiberglass-hulled ships specifically designed to hunt down and dispose of minesweepers, vital in a conflict.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
• Karl Stoltze typically drove a rigid-hulled, Zodiac-like inflatable raft, Wehmhoff said.
  — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2018
• Sarter was the operator of a 21-foot Monark aluminum-hulled boat that capsized about 11 a.m. after the engine became waterlogged, according to the sheriff’s office report.
  — Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• Not all mixes are equal; striped sunflower, for example, is not favored by as many bird species as black-oil sunflower or hulled or chipped sunflowers, according to a three-year study, Project Wildbird.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Though the state agricultural department says farmers can still sell hemp seed, hulled hemp, and a variety of other hemp products, cultivators say those sales likely wouldn’t be profitable enough to keep them in business.
  — Felicia Gans, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
• Next, hull the berries by using a paring knife to remove the green stems.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• A group of stalwart parishioners will hand-pick bushels of berries, wash them, hull them and offer them to those at the festival.
  — Washington Post, 9 June 2017
• The small blade gives you more control for jobs like hulling and halving strawberries.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• Place 1 strawberry, hulled and quartered, and 2-3 basil leaves in the bottom of each highball glass.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 28 June 2013
• As the designer uses a straw to hull her jewel-like strawberries, Crew stands by at the ready.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• The futuristic trimaran – three-hulled – ship is the fifth warship to carry the Cincinnati name.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
• In the United States, many seeds that don’t need hulling are harvested from two pumpkin varieties: oilseed and snow whites.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Built in Philadelphia, steel-hulled and immense, the Cyclops splashed in as the Navy’s biggest, fastest fuel ship.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024