trunks

Example Sentences

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I endowed that word “all” with special meaning, and pressed dresses and packed trunks in a delirium of anticipation.

From Literature

They were little more than planks of unfinished lumber, with cots jammed into each corner and trunks at the end of them.

From Literature

Wires and twisted metal hung from the building and charred tree trunks lay on the ground.

From Barron's

Sporting swimming trunks and a rash guard shirt, mayor Andrew Little dived face first into the surf as he sought to reassure angry residents that the water was now safe.

From Barron's

Dozens of cars, some with their trunks opened to display camera equipment, were parked in the shadows of 30-foot saguaros.

From The Wall Street Journal