trunks

Example Sentences

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“Each time the museum records the humidity or hears the water inside the trunks we can talk about the heartbeat of a tree,” says Anadol, with obvious delight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Stories abound of trunks filled with clothes she never wore—and bills she never paid.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

We passed mountains of trunks and branches, piled high.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

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

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes