How to Use trunk in a Sentence

trunk

noun

• 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
• Two men wrestled with a tree trunk wrapped in trash bags.
  — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 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
• Barbara opened a large black trunk that Kat kept in the living room.
  — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• The third taxi driver who pulled over claimed her wheelchair wouldn’t fit in the trunk.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2022
• Use high speed for felling or to buck the trunk into firewood lengths.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• Just be sure to add mulch around the base, keeping mulch a few inches away from the trunk.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
• To protect themselves against the jungle’s many predators, the kids hid in tree trunks.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• The full mesh front was a bonus in some ways—like making tiny socks easy to find quickly—but did not make these cubes a great option for my stank run shorts or soggy swim trunks.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024