trunks

Example Sentences

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The whole logging process—from feller-bunchers that cut and stack tree trunks to delimbers that shear off the branches—could be operated by one person on-site with remote help from others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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

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 • Feb. 25, 2026

They zigzagged through the wavy trunks at speed, with the lumbering Marco and Cook struggling to keep up in the moonlight.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook