How to Use hunky in a Sentence

hunky

adjective
  • The hunky leading man was happy to take on the moniker.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • What is the kicker that will make things not quite so hunky-dory?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • But by next year wouldn't things be hunky dory, tariff-wise and all around?
    — Stephen Koff, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Who hasn't been inspired by a hunky rom-com hero or fierce leading lady?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Even a date with the hunky Chase isn't enough to dissuade her from Joey.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That’s how the play comes across, that everything was hunky-dory.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • Michael Sheen is the ex-husband who tries to woo her back from her hunky young live-in lover.
    — Sean Axmaker, OregonLive.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But Craig was his own guy, surly, hunky, bat-eared and unpredictably coiled.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • But Craig was his own guy, surly, hunky, bat-eared and unpredictably coiled.
    — Michael Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • No one was less prepared for people to care this much about these sweet, hunky boys than these sweet, hunky boys.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The strong, silent type, Justin is hunky, poetic, and shoots deer off his back porch.
    — Nora Kenney, National Review, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Everyone’s supposed to be hunky-dory and all smiles and all that stuff.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 11 July 2022
  • The ladies even chase their own hunky island-local versions of Valentin!
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
  • An avalanche forecaster hooks up with a hunky park ranger in this new TV movie.
    — cleveland, 22 Jan. 2023
  • An avalanche forecaster hooks up with a hunky park ranger in this new TV movie.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Ted comes back three or four hours later and came up with a smile and said everything was hunky dory.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Rudy was handsome and hunky in a college-frat-boy sort of way with his two-day stubble and a mop of dark wavy hair.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • But is a hunky, sensitive and funny guy like Roxster too good to be true?
    — Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • An aspiring cooking-show host hooks up with a hunky chef in this new TV movie.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • An aspiring cooking-show host hooks up with a hunky chef in this new TV movie.
    — cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Vladimir Vladinski, in fact — a hunky new hire and novelist on the rise.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Kyle Selig was next to play the hunky football star in the Broadway musical.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Elle and Emmett make a cute pair—or Paulette and her hunky package delivery guy.
    — Caylin Harris, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2019
  • After getting fired, and then dumped, a woman hooks up with a hunky Spanish chef in this new romcom.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Oscar nominee Tom Hardy's hunky physique isn't just for the cameras.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Although the girls and the womenswear do get the bulk of the attention, the show has also become known for its hunky male models.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Matthew McConaughey has Ryan Reynolds to thank for his hunky new nickname!
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The advertisement is a cheeky twist on the new Netflix rom-com — which features a hunky snowman brought to life.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Things still aren't hunky dory between sisters Kyle Richards and Kathy Hilton.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • There seems to be a gifted author lurking beneath the sellout who’s writing about purple sand and hunky space pirates.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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