How to Use trope in a Sentence

trope

noun
Definition of tropenext
Synonyms for tropenext
  • Even the text of the libretto seems weary of the trope.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The trope has reared its head again online ahead of the midterms.
    — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • These are easy tropes to fall back on this time of year.
    — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Nov. 2017
  • And that’s been the trope all along—if them, why not us?
    — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • One of the worst horror movie tropes is the death of the family dog.
    — Kelly Conaboy, The Cut, 25 June 2018
  • In truth, the mixing of the mournful and the clownish is a stale trope.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, this has been a standard trope in games for years.
    — Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The old trope was a hippie freaked out on too much acid who jumped off a roof.
    — Alex Kuczynski, Town & Country, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The anti-Semitic tropes have no place in the discourse.
    — Eli Rosenberg, The Seattle Times, 6 Nov. 2018
  • The enemies-to-lovers trope is one of the best in romance.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The sound of a crying baby on a flight is among the most overused tropes in flying.
    — Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2017
  • For once, the old trope may not be ill advised: buy gold.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
  • So there’s all these racist tropes about black folks, which are that ...
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 8 Oct. 2018
  • That's such a fun play on the fairytale trope that made for a cute moment.
    — refinery29.com, 1 May 2022
  • These days, the trope feels more than a little bit dated.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 13 Nov. 2017
  • So that’s a more modern rendition of the same kind of trope.
    — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Roseanna is more wrapped up in Dead Girl genre tropes than the rest of the books.
    — Alice Bolin, Longreads, 26 June 2018
  • The name Becky is a pop trope, and it’s been used in music for decades.
    — Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The Comeback is among the most reliable tropes in all of sports.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • In tales of princes and princesses, the trope of the wicked stepmother is timeless.
    — Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The old gumshoe trope is one Knopfler works every so often.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The old trope of the casting couch has never really died.
    — Ann Fromholz, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Evert refused to play into any of the tropes that day - or any other day.
    — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • But Thede assures that Black’s role in the show will be far from that of a trope.
    — Clarkisha Kent, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Josie and the Pussycats subverted those tropes off and on-screen.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Today, the trope is still trotted out in cartoons, books and movies.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The fossilized tropes aren’t the only thing that color our vision.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • The rash mistake that proves fatal is a constant trope in these novels.
    — Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 10 July 2020
  • Each ends as a trope: one a man who triumphs against all odds, the other a martyr.
    — Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022
  • What a trope: Actress falls in love with her leading man.
    — Angela Haupt, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020

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