How to Use hunk in a Sentence

hunk

noun
  • That actor is such a hunk!
  • Your home health guy is a hunk.
    — Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Give each bowl a swirl of olive oil and serve with a hunk of crusty bread.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The wall looked like a hunk of moon face topped with sprinkles.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Reel opens with Cline and her hot brunette hunk in a posh home.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Paved paths loop around the top half of the curving hunk of land.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Police were once again first on the scene to find the hunk of space junk.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
  • One clench of the molars and the whole thing breaks apart like a hunk of dense clay.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Santos had found a huge hunk of metal near one end of the site.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • That’s a $131,069 hunk of luck.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Place the salmon on top and gently pull it apart into large hunks.
    — Gabrielle Hamilton, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2012
  • The best versions have hunks of fresh fruit floating in the slush.
    — Ashlea Halpern, CNT, 4 Oct. 2017
  • On the grate, a half-dozen hunks of beef were slowly smoking.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Offer it up with a hunk of veggie quiche or a plate of splurge-y donuts.
    — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2018
  • The pie stuffed with a stew-like filling of spinach, leeks, and hunks of cheese is a must.
    — Caroline Shin, Bon Appétit, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Dinner will be a little brothy, like a stew, and very good with a hunk of bread.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
  • Add the block or hunks of frozen chicken, stir well, and lock the lid onto the pot.
    — NBC News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • What are the chances someone could be killed by a hunk of space junk falling from the sky?
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The hunk of metal appears to have come to rest on the steering wheel.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Serve the pasta with a crisp green salad and hunks of rustic bread.
    — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • And such a big hunk of beef requires care and attention.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • John’s portrayal as a soulless hunk might have its seeds of truth.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This year, that whole hunk of beef likely cost a precious penny.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • This year, that whole hunk of beef likely cost a precious penny.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Arrange the hunks of pork around in the pot and baste with the reserved marinade.
    — Alex Van Buren, idahostatesman, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Without its light and heat, the Earth would be a lifeless, frozen hunk of rock.
    — Rabbi Dan Fink, idahostatesman, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The dish starts with a hunk of sourdough bread brushed with brown butter and toasted in the oven.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • That hunk of a doctor in the photo isn't the real guy texting you.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Just in time for the holidays, Hallmark is on the hunt for a hunk.
    — Anne Easton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Smith said that a lot of anglers like to add a hunk of nightcrawler to the hook on their spoons to trigger more strikes.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 23 June 2022

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