This"-whack, his palm against a slim trunk-"is an apple tree.
The large metal-tipped spears clanged off its hull and a sudden thicket of their slim trunks sprang up around the car.
It seemed to be night in the painting, for in every direction the slim trunks of the trees faded into darkness.
The slim trunk of the tree, with its forks, stripped of its bark, was now long, smooth and white.
Weaving among the slim white trunks, he climbed steadily, getting away from the river.
No place to hide, just the slim dark trunks of trees, with every once in a while a big, older tree.
The sapling that he'd stepped close to had three branches spaced equidistant around the slim trunk.
Light gilded their leaves and caressed the slim white trunks.
High above their heads vennals leapt between the trees in incredible bounds, streaking up the slim trunks to hide in the foliage at the top.
Through the slim trunks of the trees the rays of the newly risen sun beat upon my back.