trunks

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

"Now we manage our forest the way we want," said Bitilaongi, standing by huge chopped-down trunks.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

While moving house, Krishen discovered trunks of scripts and papers and was about to junk them before a friend alerted Dungarpur, who retrieved the material and later proposed restoring Annie.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

How many trunks have fallen or stand like an unlit match?

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes