trunk
Example Sentences
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Some of that carbon becomes woody tissue in the trunk, branches, and roots, where it can remain stored for decades, centuries, or even millennia.
From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026
But on that day, I imagined that trunk filled with fireworks.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026
Legend has it that the outlaw Robin Hood used the Major Oak's hollow trunk - which in fact was caused by fungi - as his hideout.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
Nope—the hulking piece of furniture neatly fit inside the Vibe’s trunk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Clare climbed down first, clinging to the trunk with all four legs as he descended.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing trunk
Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Giving Tree"
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