How to Use trunk in a Sentence

trunk

noun
  • The engine was in the back, and the trunk was in front.
    — Mikhail Brown For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2022
  • There were the snakes, and the rats gnawing at the trunk.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 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
  • Four males got out of the car and took items from the trunk.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The trunk of the car is open, as are several of the windows.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Use a garden trowel to scratch the trunk near the soil line.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • There are large black spots on the trunk, plus some kind of disease.
    — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Keep your trunk vertical, with your hips close to the front edge of the chair.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The blue slash was spray-painted on its 500-year-old trunk.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Cut an inch away from the trunk, and be careful not to cut the trunk itself.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Sap dripped from the gash into a vessel near the base of the trunk, and in the morning, Woksis’s wife used the liquid to boil meat for dinner.
    — Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The rash generally appears three to five days after the first symptoms, beginning as flat red spots on the face and then spreading downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs and feet.
    — Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025

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