trunk
Example Sentences
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All this comes as we await a report into the "resilience" of the M4, A55 and A494 – Wales' busiest trunk roads.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
One of the wooden artifacts was a small section of an alder branch or trunk that displayed clear shaping marks as well as signs of wear from use.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
The bond guys have a hand on the trunk, and the stock guys are holding the tail.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Its trunk is jammed with short sticks, forming a makeshift ladder that she still climbs each summer to raid beehives.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
I sit down next to the tree trunk and pat the ground next to me for him to join.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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