trope
Example Sentences
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Male actors playing female roles were a familiar trope across global theatre, from Europe to Japan and China.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
By the end, every trope the director uses has been bled dry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Because I thought that seems like such a trope.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 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
“Well, right now, it’s the desert island trope that’s sucking me down. Would you help me out of here?”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
