How to Use trope in a Sentence

trope

noun
  • Clichés and hoary tropes abound.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • Glaser was at her best when needling awards-show tropes.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This is true love, served up through the tropes of crime.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The book does make fun of other tropes.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There will be no stereotypes, no tropes.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • Speaking out against racist tropes.
    — Wanda James, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The trope has reared its head again online ahead of the midterms.
    — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, this has been a standard trope in games for years.
    — Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • This one hits one of our favorite tropes in all the right places.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The old trope was a hippie freaked out on too much acid who jumped off a roof.
    — Alex Kuczynski, Town & Country, 20 Jan. 2022
  • But this time, there’s as much rom to the com tropes as there is buddy cop.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The actor who plays himself is an age-old trope.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • But don’t write off this partywear trope too soon.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This love story starts with the beloved fake-dating trope.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
  • That's such a fun play on the fairytale trope that made for a cute moment.
    — refinery29.com, 1 May 2022
  • The name Becky is a pop trope, and it’s been used in music for decades.
    — Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2022
  • That, to me, felt like an avoidance of some of the tropes around this kind of story.
    — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
  • Romance trope hats Know a reader who loves love?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • One of the worst horror movie tropes is the death of the family dog.
    — Kelly Conaboy, The Cut, 25 June 2018
  • All the usual tropes would seem to be present and accounted for.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
  • There are so many ways to enjoy this popular trope.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In truth, the mixing of the mournful and the clownish is a stale trope.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Evert refused to play into any of the tropes that day - or any other day.
    — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • Indeed, the script is full of jokes about theatrical types and tropes.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The romance tropes are endless, and the magic is too.
    — De Elizabeth, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Today, the trope is still trotted out in cartoons, books and movies.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • There are lots of simple ways to make this work other than the idiot ball trope.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a bunch of tropes that are definitely there.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
  • If your teen loves a good revenge trope, then this is a definite must-read!
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025

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