How to Use trap in a Sentence

trap

1 of 2 noun

• Be sure to clean the lint trap.
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
• Some of the worst traps did too.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• Use pheromone traps for the adult moths.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
• Still, this new trap isn’t there yet.
  — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
• The crowd cheered as the trap was sprung.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
• Set out pheromone traps for the adult moths.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
• At one point, a trap even caught the wrong bear.
  — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• That’s the trap that awaits Warsh.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
• Oh, what a trap, what a trap, what a trap, what a trap.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
• That last one is a trap with a purpose.
  — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• Home was the biggest trap of all.
  — Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
• Treating them as the same is the trap.
  — Imri Marcus, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• The woke left fell for its own outrage trap.
  — Brilyn Hollyhand, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• And so many people back then were in a trap.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
• That will draw the wasps into the trap.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
• Rods and crab traps are available for rental.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
• Live roaches were found on a sticky trap.
  — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
• Dead roaches were found on a sticky trap.
  — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
• Or use yellow sticky traps to catch the adults.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
• Palantir didn’t wait to be caught in this trap.
  — Michael Gregory, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
• But growth, unchecked, can become a trap.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• Heck, maybe these words fall into the trap.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
• There are no hard and fast rules to avoid value traps.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
• Floors not clean around grease trap and dry storage.
  — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
• Plus, its drawstring hood traps heat around your head.
  — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
• Here's how to make a gnat trap that will have fruit flies gone in no time.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• But these sticky traps can rid you of some of your insect woes.
  — Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• Because there are traps, and there are tricks, and there are land mines.
  — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
• Cole said Verdagy wanted to avoid that trap.
  — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
• If that’s true, Rajoub had set a trap.
  — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026

trap

2 of 2 verb

• Who else feels trapped by their body?
  — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
• He was trapped there for over an hour.
  — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Dirt and dust could be trapped amongst the folds.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
• The sound goes in there, gets trapped, and gets lost.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
• And who we’re trapped with for at least three more years.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
• And who we’re trapped with for at least three more years.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
• It’s made with faux fur that’s thick and will trap in heat.
  — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
• Not just two kids trapped in a haunted house.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
• Even smells can get trapped in clothing fibers.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
• She’s trapped in her own dollhouse.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026
• But that starts off as, why is there a girl trapped in a glass box?
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
• How do they get trapped on B-67?
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• A lot of people are trapped in these small towns.
  — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
• Hodges was trapped, his whole body getting crushed.
  — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
• Her body was trapped under the weight of the truck.
  — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
• The fastest way to feel trapped in a job is to stop growing.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• There is a sticky glue board inside that traps the pests, too.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
• In time, that can mean someone gets trapped in a swamp of debt.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• My voice was a mere squeak trapped in the vastness of the phone line.
  — Sean O’Rourke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• My neighbors, whose home is flanked by pines, were now trapped by them.
  — Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
• For weeks it was trapped just off Qeshm island.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 June 2026
• For the fastest cleanups, opt for blinds since smooth textures trap less dust.
  — Nashia Baker, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026
• This can cause steam to get trapped, so your broccoli won’t crisp up.
  — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
• Their daughter, Rose, traps them in her dolls.
  — George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
• Marigolds can trap thrips and keep them away from your young onion and tomato plants.
  — Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026
• As an addict, she’s trapped in a loop, and there’s no clean way out.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
• Plus, hats and scarves can trap oil and sweat, which can lead to itchy scalps and greasy roots.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 Jan. 2026
• He was trapped as the bike flipped over several times.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
• Many also feel trapped by their own success.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• At least one car was trapped beneath the rubble.
  — Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026