hull

Example Sentences

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Feedlot cows are given a special blend of hay, alfalfa, soybean meal, sometimes almond hulls and even what we’d call leftovers — human candy and leftover baked goods.

From Los Angeles Times

Her husband, Joseph Hougebe, remembers whistling into the night, eagerly waiting to hear a paddle tapping against the hull of a dugout canoe -- coded signals in the darkness.

From Barron's

In the meantime, the master had finally decided to tackle the hull because it could barely stay afloat anymore.

From Literature

Holes were cut into the hulls to sink the vessels and they were then filled with sediment, mostly mud, to weigh them down and secure them.

From BBC

I squint at the ships anchored in the harbor, their flags furled, their hulls bobbing in the sea’s waves.

From Literature