trunks

Example Sentences

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He dined with his fellow jurors including Demi Moore and Chloé Zhao among the decorations of cinema memorabilia, including the boxing trunks worn by Robert De Niro in “Raging Bull.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"My legs, they just feel like trunks, tree trunks," he told the BBC.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

We passed mountains of trunks and branches, piled high.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Circle the cottage’s hand-constructed tree trunks, and maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll spy a tiny door hiding a little witch.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

I smoothed out the letter from Mountford Prep, and folded it back along the creases, and put it in the bottom drawer of my dresser with my swim trunks.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff