Example Sentences

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She had married a lord, accumulated trunkfuls of clothes and an address book of glamorous friends.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2017

“Young professionals whose moving trucks keep pulling up to curbs in Bushwick and Astoria carry with them trunkfuls of guilt.”

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2014

A 14�-pound shelf-filler, five trunkfuls of vigorous clich�s, these handsome volumes have been widely hailed by critics as a successor to the monumental, unread papers of Woodrow Wilson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Japan's Big Three--Toyota, Nissan and Honda--drove away from the U.S. with trunkfuls of dollars as they con- centrated sales on , their more expensive models, where the big profits are made.

From Time Magazine Archive

We were required to embroider and I had trunkfuls of colorful dishtowels, pillowcases, runners and handkerchiefs to my credit.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou