hulk

Example Sentences

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But Mr. Lithgow’s performance is infused with a sneaky playfulness evoking the “broken boy,” as Jessie puts it, still cavorting in the hulk of an elderly man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It is shrouded in scaffolding while the neglected, rusting hulk is gradually restored.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

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

Lawrence and Cooksey were both out of town, so the graduate student answering Alvarez’s ring at the front door of the old wooden hulk brought him over to Jack Livingood.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik