How to Use trunk in a Sentence

trunk

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  • Gemma's body in the trunk at the foot of the bed and move it to the game larder.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, the straps and hooks can abrade the paint at the edges of trunk lids and rear hatches.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • The agents also were seen searching the trunk of a car and a yacht in the back of the house.
    — Michael Cartwright, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
  • The outside bark looked like seal skin, slick and taut around the trunk.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
  • Two migrants were in the back seat and three others were in the trunk, per CBP.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Mossy greens sharply contrast against the warm browns of tree trunks and dirt.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The trunks will be made at LV’s atelier in Asnières, France.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The trunk will stay in place, along with two memorial plaques.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Barbara opened a large black trunk that Kat kept in the living room.
    — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Use high speed for felling or to buck the trunk into firewood lengths.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That car was abandoned on the southern border of Texas with blood and drugs in the trunk.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • The space between the trees allowed the fire to creep along the ground, only charring some trunks.
    — Brian Melley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Michelle’s body was then found in the trunk of the car, authorities said.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
    — Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
  • One of the tall trunks even functions as a major support beam.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • If all the wood is stripped from this layer around the trunk, the tree will die, the university said.
    — Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Mills then fired into the car’s trunk, the documents say.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Simply fold it up and throw it in your trunk for easy travel.
    — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2024
  • Crews searched the garage and discovered the woman’s body inside the trunk of the car, Pickett said.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • During windstorms, the trunks of falling trees take bites out of walls, and their limbs whisk stones down to the soil.
    — Robert Thorson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the trunks in these pictures have sinuous trunks of brown, splotched green, black and gray.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • As the cut nears the V, the uncut fibres act as a hinge that guides the direction of the fall and prevents the base of the trunk from bouncing.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • In the photo, McCaffrey soaked up the sun next to her in graphic-print swim trunks.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The short video showed the boy’s head peeking from the trunk, which also contained a large white object.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Crawford entered the ring that night in Vegas with fish nets on his trunks.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, it’s typically lawn right up to the trunk, which the mower goes over.
    — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Each morning, men here strap guns inside suits, boots and swim trunks.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Same goes for pairing them with swim trunks—and what other style of footwear can pull off that trick?
    — Jake Woolf, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Firearms stored in a vehicle should be secured in a locked glove box or preferably the trunk.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Rather than a traditional hunt, this one is a trunk hop.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2023

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