hulking
Example Sentences
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Before his goal, the hulking Madjo had earlier planted a free header over from three yards and shot wide, but was a constant nuisance for 11-time Ligue 1 winner and Brazilian centre-back and captain Marquinhos.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Up front, it was the ideal dry-goods shop: good boxes of fussy pasta and cavatappi, sleeves of biscotti, plastic-wrapped anise pizzelle, a counter where you could order hulking sandwiches and tiny cups of coffee.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
As the hulking metal cage, weighing more than a tonne, was lowered from the truck and wheeled into the museum, the gathering burst into applause.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
A hulking tanker known as the Plata Carrier steamed out of the Strait of Hormuz last week carrying 2 million barrels of crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Against the rising sun they were just two black shapes, but I knew those hulking outlines well.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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