Bulky

//ˈbʌlki//

"Bulky" in a Sentence (13 examples)

This is bulky, so I'll send it by home delivery.

Though this is a bulky book of more than a thousand pages, I'll have read it all by this time next week.

This box is too bulky to carry.

These presents are really bulky.

It's bulky.

It was bulky.

This wooden piece of furniture is too bulky.

A boa is very dangerous, and an elephant is very bulky.

The paperweight used to be a common desk tool -- before 1980, maybe. Now it usually means something bulky that doesn't serve its original purpose.

I'm beginning to stop seeing people wearing bulky glasses like that of the bottom of a milk bottle.

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Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days.

Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage.

The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket.

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