trunk
Example Sentences
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The bond guys have a hand on the trunk, and the stock guys are holding the tail.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Plaid had supported the "blue route" - upgrading an existing trunk road.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Sporting what they regard as a face “the color of boiled turnips,” he is first discovered sitting on a steamer trunk in the hall, ripe to be menaced by the family’s dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
But he showed a talent for selling as a teenager when he hawked bottles of aftershave lotion out of the trunk of his Buick.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Karli, though, seemed quite happy to be tramping alongside Marlene, holding her trunk and talking to her all the time.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing trunk
Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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"The Giving Tree"
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