trunk
Example Sentences
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He watched a squirrel climb the side of a tree trunk.
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The tree’s trunk lightened from black to brown and its leaves transformed to green.
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The sheriff’s deputies had already dropped the bookcase onto the wagon along with a trunk full of clothes.
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It wove about the trunks of the trees, gleaming silver in the moonlight.
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We set out for Babci’s on a perfect August afternoon, meeting at the train station, me carrying one small bag—the country did not require much of a wardrobe—and Olka bearing a trunk.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.