How to Use hulking in a Sentence

hulking

adjective
  • A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.
  • Much of my fear around turkey stemmed from its hulking size.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The cars are hulking and chrome-trimmed; the music is jazzy-perky.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • This is a big, hulking phone, but the buttons are easy to press, even with gloves.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 13 May 2021
  • Size and stature are a part of it, since neither player has a hulking frame.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Russia, the hulking neighbor to the east, was seen as the main threat.
    — Jo Becker, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Yes, a young girl needs friends and even hulking metal ones should count for something.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The hulking mass of steel and concrete was the length of a tennis court, and half as wide.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The hulking closer was covered in sweat.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 6 June 2026
  • The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2022
  • The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car.
    — Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2022
  • 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
  • The pace inside this hulking pile of stone was once frenetic.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 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
  • But even so, his campaign hasn’t supported the hulking weight of his health care costs.
    — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • But that wasn’t their first impression of the hulking bronze sculpture.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Schooners would sail to the fishing grounds, dropping the hulking two-person boats over the side.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
  • And he was jacked, a hulking man who was not afraid to drop-kick a kid who was part of a gang of evildoers.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • One of them, huge and hulking, had scrapes all across his chest, a gash on his leg, and an impressive black eye.
    — Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • All the atoms of the bar will act together as one quantum system, akin to one hulking atom.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Many mocks had the hulking lineman going off the board much sooner, so this was great value.
    — Bryce Lazenby, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
  • The forward is unlikely to grow into a hulking frame.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The hulking right field prospect also singled, walked twice, drove in six runs, scored two and stole his first base of the season.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Next up is Royd (Tanoai Reed), a hulking tech guy with a chill bro Samoan vibe.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Rotary wing work takes place in two hulking World War II-era hangars.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • Since then, ridership has dropped, and now the hulking structure is seen as little more than an eyesore.
    — Theia Chatelle, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The man attempted to intercept the hulking crook, who punched the victim in the face, cops said.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026

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