trope
Example Sentences
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The cop on his last day before retirement is a trope that needs to be sent out to pasture.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
Magazines, of course, didn’t originate the longstanding trope of a new year as a site of reinvention, clean slates, new leaves.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
He’ll be a trope, an instantly recognizable figure, to America and the world for the rest of this century and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Spy thrillers have also long featured prominently, often portraying Pakistan as the biggest threat to India - a familiar trope rooted in decades of geopolitical tension between the two countries.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Parallel wording is a powerful trope, but after dying and being born, being here in my place and seeing the light of day, enough is enough.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
