hunky

Example Sentences

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Other sports are full of hunky types, and football and basketball players are more likely to have all their teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Though O’Brien is flexing his emotional range here, his hunky sincerity lands in part because Sweeney remains steady in the opposite registry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Everybody thought we were lying - this place was all hunky dory.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

This is why the fury metastasized over the weekend when Swift kissed her hunky boyfriend on the field after his big win.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

Instead of stepping back, the big hunky fellow sneered and said, “Thet with the string was jest a lucky shot. You cain’t do it agin.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns