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

Circle the cottage’s hand-constructed tree trunks, and maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll spy a tiny door hiding a little witch.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Those submerged trunks and branches gave us our most hazardous work because the nets constantly got caught and tangled in them.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo