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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

This hulk of metal, a deepwater platform called Appomattox and owned by Shell, collects the oil and gas that rigs tap from reservoirs thousands of feet below the seafloor.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

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

With a grinding, splintering, tearing crash, Swordfish split the rotted hulk asunder.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

In Josephson’s phrase he “roved through the West eyeing the ruined hulks of transcontinental railroads,” scooping up the “rich debris.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

With his slight frame and diminutive stature, Burrow always stood out among the hulks of the modern rugby league game, from his junior days right through to the elite.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024

Acapulco’s glitziest hotels and condominiums are mostly windowless hulks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

Their hulks form the graves of 842 sailors.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023

I looked out the window as we drove, counting the blackened hulks of cars on the roadside, some left for so long they were covered with reddish rust.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie