How to Use trunk in a Sentence

trunk

noun
  • 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
  • Some of the items were found stashed in garbage bins and in the trunk of a car.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The lot may offer to make a fresh cut of the trunk of your tree.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • That means the trunk of the body is what counts, as opposed to the head, limbs or feet.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The outside bark looked like seal skin, slick and taut around the trunk.
    John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
  • Someone spray-painted the trunk and driver’s-side area of the car.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
  • That’s around the time trunk-or-treat emerged in Michigan.
    Paula Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2022
  • In the trunk Lineback found dryer sheets, which the deputy said can be used to mask the smell of drugs.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Hide valuables out of sight, such as in the glove box or trunk.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Leo Schofield put a large object into the trunk of the car and drive off.
    ABC News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Every guitarist seems to have a uke handy in the closet or in the trunk of the car.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The car trunk is where a lot of things go to disappear.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The trunk of the hollow tree is in advanced stages of decay.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There are some elements of the trunk, 8 to 10 feet off the ground, that don’t look quite right.
    Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Scales, a client of Mickey Haller, is found dead on Mickey Haller’s trunk at the end of the episode.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Oct. 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
  • Just be sure to add mulch around the base, keeping mulch a few inches away from the trunk.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
  • The ring wraps around the trunk and is lifted by a crane up the length of the tree, cooking the weevils inside.
    Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Entire palm trees appear to have been ripped from their trunks.
    NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Here in the steady sweet rains, cedars can persist for centuries, their tops silvered and shattered, their trunks as wide as a garage door.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024

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