hulk

Example Sentences

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At an estimated cost of $3.8 billion, it will replace the rusting, abandoned hulk that sits at the east end of East Capitol Street, fronting the Anacostia River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The makeshift Philippine naval base there is built up around the grounded, rusting hulk of the World War II-era ship, the Sierra Madre.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2023

But today, the experience of the diminutive women who likely died at the hands of Heuermann, a towering hulk of a man, is central in the minds of many who are reporting on his case.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Striking on the outside, a concrete hulk underneath.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

I sat staring at his lean old hulk in the front seat and at the hind ends of the dappled-gray horses.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns