How to Use trunk in a Sentence

trunk

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  • The engine was in the back, and the trunk was in front.
    — Mikhail Brown For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Gemma's body in the trunk at the foot of the bed and move it to the game larder.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the items were found stashed in garbage bins and in the trunk of a car.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The lot may offer to make a fresh cut of the trunk of your tree.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Plus, the straps and hooks can abrade the paint at the edges of trunk lids and rear hatches.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • The agents also were seen searching the trunk of a car and a yacht in the back of the house.
    — Michael Cartwright, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
  • That means the trunk of the body is what counts, as opposed to the head, limbs or feet.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The outside bark looked like seal skin, slick and taut around the trunk.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
  • Someone spray-painted the trunk and driver’s-side area of the car.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
  • That’s around the time trunk-or-treat emerged in Michigan.
    — Paula Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2022
  • In the trunk Lineback found dryer sheets, which the deputy said can be used to mask the smell of drugs.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Hide valuables out of sight, such as in the glove box or trunk.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • Leo Schofield put a large object into the trunk of the car and drive off.
    — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Two migrants were in the back seat and three others were in the trunk, per CBP.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Mossy greens sharply contrast against the warm browns of tree trunks and dirt.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Every guitarist seems to have a uke handy in the closet or in the trunk of the car.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The car trunk is where a lot of things go to disappear.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
  • In the trunk, the cops found a cigar box full of cash—more than a thousand dollars—and a gun.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • The lacquer’s barks, twigs and trunk are scorched to add subtly toasty, smoky notes to the gin.
    — Akiko Katayama, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The trunk of the hollow tree is in advanced stages of decay.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There are some elements of the trunk, 8 to 10 feet off the ground, that don’t look quite right.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Sep. 2022
  • In the trunk, among the road flares and radio wiring harness, sits a fresh full-size spare.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Two men wrestled with a tree trunk wrapped in trash bags.
    — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Both the trunk and bottles, filled in Grasse, can be engraved.
    — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Justice placed the pistol in the trunk of her car and called police.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Scales, a client of Mickey Haller, is found dead on Mickey Haller’s trunk at the end of the episode.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The trunks will be made at LV’s atelier in Asnières, France.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The trunk will stay in place, along with two memorial plaques.
    — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The sisters throw the near-dead Ian into the car trunk to dump his body into the dark sea off a nearby cliff.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The game ball was presented to Reid by an elf, who popped out of a trunk brought into the locker room as the group cheered.
    — Natasha Dye, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024

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