hulky
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hulky
Example Sentences
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S.M. wrote, referring to the hulky actor and professional wrestler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
The Flyers, Raymond says, are the personification of hockey itself: “plodding and big and hulky and weird.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Instead, he walked on to the track team as an incongruous, hulky sprinter.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2019
He found Nenad Zimonjić, a hulky Serb four years his junior who had been having a good deal of success in mixed doubles.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2016
It’s as if she’s stepped down off the wall, the walls: the same round raw potato face, the hulky big-boned frame, the glittering spectacles and hairpin crown.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Even so, after the trailer was released, plenty of commenters were angry at Marvel for not making her hulkier.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Nearby, St. Balmain has a doughnut that is hulkier still, evoking a Parker House roll, browned on the outside and pale within.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014
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