trunks

Example Sentences

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The whole logging process—from feller-bunchers that cut and stack tree trunks to delimbers that shear off the branches—could be operated by one person on-site with remote help from others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

We passed mountains of trunks and branches, piled high.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

They communicate by touching each other with their trunks, smelling each other and vocalizing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Wires and twisted metal hung from the building and charred tree trunks lay on the ground.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

It wove about the trunks of the trees, gleaming silver in the moonlight.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville