How to Use trans in a Sentence

trans

adjective
  • How many trans athletes are there?
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Rich’s own views on trans topics over the course of her career are less clear.
    — Quispe López, Them., 27 Aug. 2025
  • Again, this is just part of my everyday life as a trans person.
    — Charlie Craggs, refinery29.com, 28 June 2022
  • Take trans people, for instance.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That film portrayed a young trans woman who wants to dance on pointe with the other girls.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Simply put, the law seeks to ban trans people from public life, as of a few weeks ago.
    — Darren Rosenblum, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Watkins is an Army vet and a trans woman who had a hard time finding her way in life.
    — The New Yorker, 7 June 2022
  • The states that are known for being more trans-friendly tend to be more expensive.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • By then, Linehan was a full-time anti-trans activist.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The game features a trans character, a first for the franchise.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As for air freight, rates on the trans-Pacific route are inching up again.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
  • These weren’t the first jokes Chappelle had made at trans people’s expense.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The justices just allowed states to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • There were rarely trans characters in those films from the ’70s or ’80s.
    — Jd Linville, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Two trans people were killed in the attack in Colorado Springs.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • There is no anti-trans nonsense within my novels, and there never will be.
    — Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Cal Bowman matters, and so does the life of every trans person.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2023
  • But a trans person talking about trans identity?
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
  • One of the country's strictest anti-trans bills has become law in Kentucky.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The discourse on women’s spaces and trans people passes the test.
    — Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 28 June 2022
  • That’s something that most trans people can recognize and relate to.
    — Ky Merkley, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • That in itself is hard enough as a young person but to add a trans identity on top of it is really tough.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Two of the victims were trans, as was one of the people credited with helping to stop the shooter.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • More than half of Republican ad money in her race was spent on anti-trans themes.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Despite being a doctor, she wasn't trained to recognize the signals a child is trans.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • This is how trans-Atlantic tensions over the issue reached a crisis point so quickly.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The same is true with gay brothers, lesbian sisters, non-binary and trans people.
    — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • The drivers take heart and energy from the fans, who love to see the manual trans cars run, Atkins says.
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • One of Musk’s daughters, who is trans, has reportedly severed ties with him.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2023
  • As if a 22-year-old with a trans girlfriend never rebelled against their family.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025

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