How to Use trapeze in a Sentence

trapeze

noun
  • Come watch their high-flying acts on silks, trapezes, and more.
    — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
  • There were llamas and trapeze artists and the air smelled like horse droppings.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
  • Young men and women flew like birds from one trapeze to another.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
  • That said, flying around on the trapeze did take a toll on Hadid's body.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Adults can join in on the fun, as the trapeze has a 300-pound weight limit.
    — Stefanie Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • That includes silks, trapeze, aerial cube and lyra, which is an aerial hoop.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Odom and Young leap into their parts with the trust and panache of a couples trapeze act.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • Odom and Young leap into their parts with the trust and panache of a couples trapeze act.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The free event will feature trapeze, games, giveaways, art, music and food trucks.
    — Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • This trapeze maxi is perfect for beach weddings thanks to its airy construction.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
  • Take the semester abroad, try that trapeze class, join the local roller derby team.
    — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2017
  • Each set comes with two belt swings, a trapeze swing, a rock climbing wall, a rope climber, a ladder, and a wave slide.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • One horn, to me, is symbolic of the split half — like the trapeze, maybe one side weighs more than the other.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Lollobrigida trained for six months on a trapeze in her home to prepare for the film.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023
  • There are also of course the old circus standbys like high-wires acts, trapeze artist, teeterboards and hoops.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The trapeze dress is made of silk organza fabric with vertical black and white stripes.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
  • The trapeze can help users to relieve back pain through core and upper-body strength development.
    — Valerie Bonk, Howard County Times, 5 June 2018
  • One by one, three girls in colorful unitards and fluffy red headdresses grabbed a two-bar trapeze.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2021
  • With two ladders, a rope ladder, trapeze and belt swings, a tire swing, rock wall and rope, this playground will make any kid swoon.
    — Samantha De Leon, Chron, 15 Mar. 2021
  • His grandfather was a clown, his father was both a trapeze artist and a clown, and his mother was a dancer in the circus.
    — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • There are loose kimono blouses, silk sarong skirts, backless trapeze dresses, and mix-and-match shirting.
    — Akanksha Kamath, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The fourth photo and fifth video of the post even show Rita getting into a trapeze table.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 1 June 2023
  • More than 60 of the jumping surfaces set up a variety of moves, from a slam-dunk to a fall from a trapeze.
    — Atlanta Travel, ajc, 17 Apr. 2017
  • Everything changed when Maggie tried to backflip off a trapeze bar into a foam pit.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Sarasota High School had a circus, a real one, with a big top and rings and a trapeze.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Its challenge now is to manage growth while holding on to its mom-and-pop, let’s-put-on-a-show ethos, with treadmills and trapezes.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2017
  • This leather trapeze style is elegant and sleek, with enough room for the essentials and my 13-inch laptop.
    — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Once the bed was made, Campbell easily got in bed by herself for the first time in a long time, using the trapeze bar.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Summer programs for trapeze flyers and young aviators?
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In Season 6, Carrie writes a piece for Vogue about taking trapeze lessons.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 6 June 2023

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