How to Use trophy in a Sentence

trophy

noun
  • And then the dancers came out to try to make that trophy their own.
    Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The fit of the mesh corset top alone is worthy of a trophy.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The Chargers get to keep the Battle for the Bell trophy, though.
    David Carrillo Peñaloza, Daily Pilot, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The teams in the knockout rounds will compete for a prize pool and a trophy, the NBA Cup.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Tom Cruise returned his trophies and NBC yanked the show off the air for a year.
    Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Chiefs won the Lombardi trophy with a score of 38-35.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Any would make a fine trophy, but two of the heads were more massive, had longer points.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • Aaron Rodgers has talked about how lonely the Jets’ trophy case looks to him.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Karol was up for three awards this year, including the Artist of the Year trophy.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Menzel even won a Tony for her work in 2004 (one of three trophies the show took home that night).
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In the morning, her mother has brought the trophies up from the basement.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Xavier Bogaerts and Juan Soto have each led a team to the trophy.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The trophies, plaques and photo display in the spare room come to his rescue.
    Ailene Voisin, sacbee, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The 2023 Gold Cup is in June and July, and the two sides could conceivably meet again in the chase for that trophy.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The honors even came with a trophy shaped like a giant screw.
    Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • In fact, he's come for the Toronto rapper's song of the summer trophy.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • Teams of three or more may enter and compete for a trophy.
    Courant Community, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The trophy and wrench get their shiny silver coat from aluminum foil.
    Deborah Way, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Still, bears don’t wear our scalps or our hides or string our teeth or keep our hands and our feet as trophies.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • And if there were a trophy for the ad getting the most and fastest hits on the mute button, the Kars4Kids jingle would likely own it.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Jimmy and Robin didn’t know what to expect as their son walked up the stairs to receive the trophy and give his speech.
    Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Rummie the Pekingese was aiming to bring home the third trophy in 11 years for his small-but-regal breed.
    CBS News, 9 May 2023
  • But the Panthers have a top four seed in their division, high enough to spark hope of a trophy win.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Alright Katie, so this medal — does this one go in the same trophy cases as your Olympic medals?
    Erika Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2024
  • Jimenez hopped out of his motorhome, took his trophy and waved it at the stands – the energy in the air was electric.
    Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
  • In the tennis world, the glory of an Olympic medal doesn’t rival the prestige – or purse – that comes with a Grand Slam trophy.
    Carly Breland, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • Dwight Eisenhower was residing in the White House the last time the Lions raised the trophy.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The team ran out to the field to celebrate, raising the trophy above their heads, just like their moms did a couple of decades ago.
    Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 7 June 2024
  • For Manchester United, the club hasn’t won a trophy since 2017; a cataclysmic expanse for the club the size of it.
    Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Carpenter then handed Brown a pair of pink fuzzy handcuffs, which the actress waved around like a trophy.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024

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