How to Use trouper in a Sentence

trouper

noun
  • She's been a real trouper about the whole thing.
  • And in the trouper spirit of its two leading men, it was built to last.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • Still, Gebbia has been a trouper through all his injury trials.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Stockwell is a real trouper in the movie, biting into the role with abandon.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • He was bitten by the circus bug 10 years ago when the circus arrived in Waltham and three troupers stayed with his family.
    — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • Chloé Gay Brewer and Casey Long, who perform these roles, are game troupers up for any outlandishness.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Aldrich's direction and dynamite performances from the two old troupers make this film an experience.
    — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Timberlake is a trouper; there's little doubt that his dance moves will be perfect and his small but supple voice will stay suave all the way through his 12 minutes.
    — The New York Times, cleveland.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The two sides of his performing identity — movie star and musical trouper — came together in a homage to movie musicals.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
  • But that would go counter to the spirit of a Broadway luminary who is at heart an ensemble trouper dedicated to artistic growth.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
  • The Lipizzan horses at Tempel Farms up near the Wisconsin border are troupers of the old school.
    — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 20 June 2018
  • Wynonna may come off as the ultimate super trouper, but the documentary reveals chinks in that armor along the way, or at least moments where the singer plainly owns up to not yet having come to terms with her mother’s death.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Lourd was a true trouper in appearing at the Dealmakers event after staying up all night on Monday as his daughter, actor Billie Lourd, gave birth to her second child.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Above, she's pictured with Second City troupers Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and long-time collaborator, Eugene Levy, at a 10 year reunion for the sketch show's Canadian debut.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026

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