trunk

Example Sentences

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My notebooks, every bad poem I’d ever written, my will and my TV show memorabilia were tucked away in an antique trunk beneath the table upon which sat the books I was currently reading.

From Los Angeles Times

She added that "good progress" had been made to restore transport services and all trunk roads were fully functioning.

From BBC

"We are working closely with partner organisations, and our winter fleet is fully deployed and will continue to treat North West trunk roads in an effort to keep them open to traffic."

From BBC

These snakes are often called elephant trunk snakes because of their unusually loose, baggy skin.

From Science Daily

Except for the blackened bark on their lower trunks, there was no sign of catastrophic fire.

From Los Angeles Times