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The two lemkin hulks continued to pull on the rope, bringing in all of the slack as they neared a curved post that sat at the side of the largest burrow.

The Size of Things « A Fly in Amber 2009

To be a shuttlecock between two racquets — one called the hulks, and the other the police — is a life in which success means never-ending toil, and peace and quiet seem quite impossible.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

-- one called the hulks, and the other the police -- is a life in which success means never-ending toil, and peace and quiet seem quite impossible.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Now the hulks are a disgrace to Europe, and a most incongruous appendage to a system that professes to cure by separate confinement.

It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade 1849

"Reflect! how certain of destruction is the path you now tread; the gallows and the hulks are the only goals!"

Paul Clifford — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"Reflect! how certain of destruction is the path you now tread; the gallows and the hulks are the only goals!"

Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

October, 1748, she was reported among the "hulks" in port.

American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge

Tom Rogers, author of Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, joins us to discuss leaping hulks, giant ants, and why shooting down alien spaceships is harder than it looks.

John Joseph Adams » 2010 » March 2010

Tom Rogers, author of Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, joins us to discuss leaping hulks, giant ants, and why shooting down alien spaceships is harder than it looks.

John Joseph Adams » The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast, Episode 10: Space Battles! Giant Ants! Physics! 2010

This grueling post-apocalyptic National Book Award winner earns its scenes of menace and the odd expletive by believably conjuring a future in which people survive by scavenging materials from the rusting hulks of oil tankers.

Darkness Too Visible Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011