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
• 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
• His car was found to have all the windows down, with the trunk and sunroof both open.
  — Brandon Smith, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Bike Friday says that the ebike can be folded down in 20 seconds to stow in a trunk of heft onto the train.
  — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025