How to Use trunk line in a Sentence

trunk line

noun

• Pike followed the main line — called the trunk line — which had hoses branching off in other directions.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• These dampers act as a block at the main duct trunk line, causing your system to function like there isn’t a vent in that particular room at all.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• Still, trunk lines appear to be in better condition than the utility’s mainlines.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
• There are about 547 miles of trunk line underground across the city, much of which is nearing the end of its useful life and will need to be replaced in the coming years.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
• In 2018, more than 50% of trunk line segments were more than 65 years old and 11% were more than 100 years old, the report states.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
• When the trunk line ruptured early Thursday morning, millions of gallons of water gushed down Holloway Drive, inundating businesses and flooding underground parking garages.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
• The $3 million request would support construction of the one-mile sanitary sewer trunk line along 159th Street and Cedar Road, connecting to the existing Fiddyment Creek sewer line.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026