hulking
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hulking
Example Sentences
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In the early ’90s, he had attended Long Beach’s mythic Spruce Goose rave, which took over the hulking geodesic dome that once housed eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ failed wooden plane.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Thick foam from the building’s insulation floated by on streams that leaked from the hulking shell, which firefighters have been drenching for days since the fire erupted on the roof the afternoon of June 17.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
A hulking new tactic has turned the beautiful game into a wrestling match.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Nope—the hulking piece of furniture neatly fit inside the Vibe’s trunk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
The anchor dominated the landscape, a great mass hulking behind the silhouettes of the overlapping domes.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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