How to Use trundle in a Sentence

trundle

1 of 2 verb
  • The children trundled off to bed.
  • She trundled her suitcase into the room.
  • My mother says nothing and keeps the comb trundling across my scalp.
    — Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Small front-loaders trundled around with their buckets crammed full of trash.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
  • There’s nearly no road noise trundling along surface streets at up to 45 mph.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Most of us would rather drive or fly than trundle around in a quaint metal box that costs more and takes longer.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The cake carriage that trundles around the space is a feast as much for your eyes as your stomach.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
  • There’s nearly no road noise trundling along surface streets at up to 45 miles per hour.
    — Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • So this 35-millimeter camera was trundling around my head like a choo-choo train.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • That might sound strange, given the lack of enormous dinosaurs or giant ground sloths trundling around.
    — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
  • This means that the mushroom sprung from the ground when dinosaurs still trundled across the Earth.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
  • Ease into that left to right transition and, whoa, that Civic trundling along in the right lane looks scared.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2020
  • After the final course, guests began to trundle off into the balmy evening.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • One by one, an orange loader scooped them off the bare sandy soil and trundled them to a pit being dug by a backhoe.
    — Jack Healy, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Farmers, like Bastiao, may be trundling around the next bend, hauling wide farm equipment loads.
    — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 7 May 2018
  • Tucked inside was Pragyan, a small, six-wheeled rover that trundled down a ramp onto the moon’s surface.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • An hour later, about half of the people trundled upstairs for the first dinner seating.
    — Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • Leading larvae will start to tap, and the rest of the pack will tap—and then everyone will trundle onward.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Even now robotic bulldozers and dump trucks were at work trundling more regolith onto the building across the way.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The van slowly trundles forward and eventually stops in front of me.
    — Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 4 July 2017
  • Then there were a couple of minutes of peace, before Liverpool’s bus came trundling through.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The barber will trundle to your neighborhood via a mobile platform.
    — Pete Bigelow, Car and Driver, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Yellow bulldozers trundled past as children played under the trees of the schoolyard.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • The air is salty, even a little dank, and seagulls bicker as diggers trundle up and down dismantling cabanas.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The group of protesters from a couple of progressive groups in the area, were jumpy whenever a dump truck trundled by or a siren wailed.
    — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
  • Punch shots that land short and then trundle on must be played away from the pin to the left side of the green to use the slopes to move the ball back to the right and closer to the pin.
    — star-telegram, 16 May 2018
  • In the stop-and-go, the SF90 trundles along without any thermal drama.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • After that, one of Starship’s robots will trundle down the sidewalk with the package tucked away inside its frame.
    — Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 31 Oct. 2018
  • The fetch rover, about the size of a coffee table, will trundle out of the lander to seek the sample tubes deposited years earlier.
    — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Despite the Remain camp’s dire predictions, the economy seemed to trundle on well enough.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019

trundle

2 of 2 noun
  • Add wheels so it can be pushed to the side when the trundle is pulled out.
    — Mari-Jane Williams, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Each yurt features a queen bed, as well as a twin daybed with a trundle.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Under the bed is an old-fashioned trundle, to pull out for a child to sleep.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
  • Hosting overnight guests looks much more chic with a trundle sleeper like this one.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
  • If daybeds bring to mind visions of trundle beds or childhood sleepovers, think again.
    — Julianne Hilmes Bartlett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Ray notes that trundles and bunks are well-suited for children’s bedrooms or guest rooms.
    — Jenna Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
  • The trundle drawer gives her extra storage for blankets in the small room.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The trundle beds come from Tasha Beds; the bed cushions, from Neptune.
    — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The 7-inch height is low enough to fit into bunk beds or trundle beds, but it can also be used in a regular bed frame.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The bed has a sturdy metal frame and comes with a trundle for additional sleeping room.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Stone tombs, enormous square pillars and a giant staircase leading to a golden throne trundle around the stage.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Foldable legs provide even more support in any trundle position.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Or maybe its expansion is just a steady, ominous trundle toward a long-distant nothingness.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 30 June 2023
  • But gone are the trundle suitcases stacked to the tops of the automotive workhorses and tied together with rope.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • In the second twin, bunk beds with two trundle beds and two Pullman berths allow all six kids to enjoy sleepovers together.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The tunnels are designed to let the elderly trundle through on their mobility scooters.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • This upholstered daybed looks like a couch, but moonlights as a spot to sleep with an extra trundle below that can accommodate up to two people.
    — Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This upholstered daybed looks like a couch, but moonlights as a spot to sleep with an extra trundle below that can accommodate up to two people.
    — Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • My family loved to spin yarns and tell stories, whether at the dinner table or on long drives in the station wagon and the backward-facing trundle seat.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • The Rounds are particularly well suited to families, as standard units have a trundle bed and suites have a trundle and a daybed.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The trains used here aren’t big – sometimes only two carriages — but the gentle trundle through soaring valleys and chocolate-box villages is what captures the heart.
    — James March, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Plus, many pieces, including sleeper sofas and a trundle daybed, feature multi-functional designs that help save space in tight quarters.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The Labor Department on Thursday trundles out the latest stats on jobless claims.
    — David Lazarus, latimes.com, 21 May 2018
  • The spacious quarters sleep a family of five or seven, allowing kids the thrill of their own cozy sleeping space with bunk beds and a trundle, while parents can hole up in the room’s plush king.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • This sofa bed from Crate and Barrel has a trundle that pops up to create a full bed for your guests to sleep on with high-density cushions for a comfortable sleep.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 13 May 2022
  • No cars are allowed on the island, and the few residents —mostly elderly and deeply tanned—either power-walk or jog past, or trundle by on electric golf carts, always giving a friendly wave.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Scroll on for more sleeper sofas at Walmart, including a chic velvet convertible futon, a memory foam design, and a lounge-worthy daybed with a trundle.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026
  • Each room includes a separate sleeping area for kids with bunk beds and a trundle as well as a Google Nest that can send kids on in-room scavenger hunts, tell them a bedtime story, and place room service orders.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2021
  • Another shopper favorite, Zinus' Suzanne trundle daybed, is included in the curation.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Also, versatile furniture – like pop up trundle daybeds, which have surged in Houzz searches by 3 times compared to the same time last year – make entertaining overnight guests more practical.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025

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