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Meanings of hulking in English

Of great size and bulk.

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Examples for "hulky"
1
A history of Luzon from his pen is a hulky volume full of facts.
The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
2
Hardy makes something hulky and inhuman of the older brother.
The Irish Times
3
Ben was dark and short and hulky, with his head jammed down between his shoulders.
Ma Pettengill
4
Only I want to go first and have a round with that hulky fellow who turned to challenge me.
Middlemarch
5
Once a great, hulky colored boy, who was the torment of the neighborhood, treated me roughly while I was playing on the street.
The Promised Land
Usage of hulking in English
1
Meanwhile, by the river, there were familiar hulking forms... Not quite human.
The Long Earth
2
He's burly and he's hulking; he comes right up to your shins.
The Guardian
3
The hulking figure stepped aside so that Oscar could enter the house.
The hunchback assignments
4
The Breffan charged, a hulking multiarmed form, one hand snagging Serri's arm.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
5
Soon he's shipwrecked, a hulking figure taken prisoner by the tiny Lilliputians.
The Irish Times
6
She stared at the great hulking shoulders of the mountains drawing nearer.
Indivisible
7
Edgar ventured a glance toward a hulking metal form behind the wagon.
The story of edgar sawtelle
8
He was one of those hulking loafers of the peculiarly Lambeth type.
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
9
He sat there staring up in astonishment at Fyfe, hulking over him.
I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon
10
There's a great hulking brute of a thorn stuck in the hem.
The Divine Fire
11
He is a great hulking fellow who is always on the grin.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
12
Tom was a big, hulking fellow, good-natured and simple-hearted in the extreme.
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
13
The minister sat between Hilda and Bertha, hulking his bony frame uncomfortably.
The Prussian Officer
14
Surprising himself, Jatal found that he was warming to this hulking lieutenant.
Blood and Bone
15
Syrone Spencer, the hulking security guard, stood by the one-hour photo booth.
Midnight hero
16
Its huge hulking shape is a distinctive presence on the capital's skyline.
The Irish Times
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