How to Use trump in a Sentence

trump

1 of 2 noun
  • Not one trump agenda item was stopped because of a large protest.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 2023-02-26
  • West led a trump, and Cy drew trumps and cashed five hearts, pitching his low clubs.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 2024-03-04
  • Easter reminds us that death no longer holds the final trump card.
    — The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2021-04-02
  • In sheepshead, trump cards (queens, jacks and diamonds) beat any other card.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2023-07-26
  • Like bridge, one suit becomes trump and defeats all other cards (no election jokes, please).
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2023-01-15
  • But don’t let these new electronics trump preparedness.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2021-09-18
  • But Trump's real, uh, trump card is his sheer volume of endorsements.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 2024-01-17
  • Yet trump took top secret documents and he still isn’t arrested?
    — Chicago Tribune, 2022-09-09
  • Tarot was just a trump card game first played by Europeans in the 1400s.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 2024-03-13
  • Giuliani deserves to be in prison along with his puppet master trump, not on a television show.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2022-04-20
  • Hasten has seen other benefits trump raises first-hand.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 2022-06-26
  • That’s often a trump card, especially for the highest-value work.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, both the West and ordinary Afghans may hold significant trump cards.
    — Edward Girardet, The Christian Science Monitor, 2021-09-08
  • Then, Magic dropped his trump card, which almost changed the course of basketball forever.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 2023-08-29
  • In the next beat, Larson lays down her trump card, the most contemptible symbol an author can conjure: white-lady tears.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 2021-10-10
  • Feeling good now trumps looking good and healthspan—the quality of our years—has become just as important as lifespan.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-12-20
  • If players have gone all the way around the table while passing on a trump suit, the person to the left of the dealer gets the option to choose a trump suit.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 2023-08-17
  • Much cheaper The trump card for Chinese EVs might be their cost advantage.
    — Laura He, CNN, 2023-09-07
  • But submarines remain Russia’s trump card in naval combat; Moscow need only choose to play it.
    — Mark Cancian, Foreign Affairs, 2024-02-08
  • But there’s one trump card in all the big names – a company that produces more than 4 million motorcycles every year.
    — New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026
  • How on earth did the path of least resistance and keeping the trains on time trump safety, especially with the Olympics a mere five months away?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2024-03-07
  • Van Alen’s 27-ton spire, secretly assembled high up in the building’s skeleton, was his trump card.
    — Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-10-25
  • Here, ramen is the go-to skier’s lunch, hot tubs are replaced by the traditional outdoor hot springs known as onsen, and karaoke bars trump nightclubs.
    — Gabriella Le Breton, Robb Report, 2024-01-27
  • The structure of the decks included four suits—Cups, Coins, Swords, and Batons—alongside a series of trump cards known as trionfi.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Because of the way that resources are distributed in our fundamentally unequal society, very few people hold the trump cards in terms of wealth and resources over the whole rest of the population.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Graham has apparently changed his mind (not for the first time) and decided to pull out all of his last trump cards to protect the former President ahead of his second impeachment trial.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 2021-02-03
  • The number of cards stabilized at 78, including 56 in the four suits and 22 trump cards later known as Major Arcana.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Disney’s holiday season trump card is the sequel to James Cameron’s blockbuster hit Avatar, to which the entertainment giant has pinned millions of dollars-worth resources and hopes.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2022-12-08
  • The deck Waite devised, which was first printed in 1909, has long been considered a good place to start for those just familiarizing themselves with the major and minor arcana, terms used to describe the trump and suit cards, respectively.
    — New York Times, 2022-01-18
  • These trump cards depicted allegorical figures such as Justice, Temperance, Death, and The World, reflecting Renaissance ideals of virtue, morality, and cosmic order.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

trump

2 of 2 verb
  • She trumped my ace to win the trick.
  • Their offer for the house was trumped by a higher bid.
  • The need for blood donors trumps all other concerns.
  • What trumps that, though, is doubling down on a matching pair.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Sometimes, like this time, the head needs to trump the racing heart.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Her lips were, for the most part, bare; the faint color was trumped by the rich red hue of her jacket.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Money trumps everything and nobody’s going to take the time to put a full song on there.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • That made Charlotte the first female royal to trump a younger male sibling.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But those concerns are trumped by the benefits of the heating system.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The graphics aren’t always as bad as the examples, and graphics don’t trump fun.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 13 July 2023
  • The spectacle of watching crime tends to trump a lesson on crime statistics.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the real world, the money trumps the competition.
    — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Knowing the personality of the hostess may trump all these rules.
    — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
  • So that, even in a more complete way, the award, the honorary award trumped the single award for the performance as an actor.
    — Vulture, 27 June 2023
  • California hopes its senior water rights will trump the united front shown by the six other states.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There is a point, however, when the glove cannot trump the long-term offensive realities.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • Here, again, ideology trumps logic and common sense.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Turner never subscribed to the notion that property rights trumped the common good.
    — Todd Wilkinson, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • Sometimes a fake rumor trumps a real one, and hell hath no fury like a stan with a juicy theory and access to social media.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Singh discovered that skills trump everything else in today’s rapidly evolving tech space.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But no amount of washing shower curtain liners trumps trading an old one for a new one, notes Rubino.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Lucky for Robin, my allegiance to her as a friend and my curiosity trumped my fear—and my empathy.
    — Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026
  • Critics now say politics trumped concern for the women’s best interests as the drama played out.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But for the most part, the communal thirst for outrage appears to trump any potential skepticism.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This was a document not meant to win in court so much as trump the reality of an otherwise boring election.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But, her dedication towards giving back to these trailblazers and their missions trumps it all.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • For Roseman, the value of landing a top-15 player in the first round trumped the extra dart throws in the fourth round.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Personal beliefs do not trump the freedoms of other citizens.
    — WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s what experts had to say about why self-perception of sleep trumps what the sleep tracker says, and ways to improve sleep quality to boost your next-day mood.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t let your indecisiveness trump these amazing on-sale Tory Burch styles.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023

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