trunks

Example Sentences

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He dined with his fellow jurors including Demi Moore and Chloé Zhao among the decorations of cinema memorabilia, including the boxing trunks worn by Robert De Niro in “Raging Bull.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"My legs, they just feel like trunks, tree trunks," he told the BBC.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

We passed mountains of trunks and branches, piled high.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

The patches of mold disappeared from the tree trunks, and the drooping plants rose upright, their leaves turning bright emerald as they basked in the blossom's light.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda