Cornelia Parker

I went to a quite macho art school in the 1970s, and while everyone was making hulking big sculptures, I was making things out of bits of paper.

English Artist

Rhianna Pratchett

I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man.

English Designer

Use it to emphasize the large size of an object, often to the point of being unwieldy.

Size Emphasis

Can describe an abstract concept that feels large and dominating.

Not Always Literal

Often implies that the large size is cumbersome or unwelcome.

Negative Connotation

Implies that someone or something is not just large, but also scary.

Fear Factor

Suggests a potential for violence or aggression, not just size.

Aggression Implied

Indicates someone or something dominating others through sheer size or strength.

Dominance

 find a little piece of bone you're not sure if it's bone one of the things you can do and you will do that is stick your tongue on it so if it sticks your sticks spawn yeah the bones they hope to be licking once supported the hulking body of a dinosaur called spinosaurus

The Strange Tail of...

 It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade

Liz Diller: A giant...

 it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the

Hulking

Size Emphasis

Not Always Literal

Negative Connotation

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