How to Use trophy in a Sentence

trophy

noun
  • My dad has the trophy in his house.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • All that’s left is a trophy lift.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Life is like that, get through the tests, get the trophies.
    Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And then the dancers came out to try to make that trophy their own.
    Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The wolf is a trophy of which any sportsman can be proud.
    Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The club gave me a small replica trophy.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The trophy had been won with something spare.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • There is more to winning than medals and trophies.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • In the end, the humblest of the bunch took home the trophy.
    Cyril Soliman, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Youth is a trophy in Ghoul Pool.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Which boy wins the Ice Cream trophy?
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Head out on a charter boat to test your strength against this trophy fish.
    Smithsonian, 20 June 2017
  • But my guess is that there won’t be many wolves taken by trophy hunters.
    Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Milner has won so many trophies.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • While trophies are nice, the movie did it right in the ways that matter most.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The honors even came with a trophy shaped like a giant screw.
    Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • But not every great season needs a trophy to back it up.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • They were presented with a fifth league trophy in a row.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • And Guillermo got to hold the trophy!
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Shiffrin had become a victim of her own trophy case.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At that time trophy hunting was strictly a sport for the very wealthy.
    Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • The public event will give fans a chance to see the trophy in person.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • But not everyone in line had to wait more than four hours to see the trophy.
    Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
  • When will the trophy come to Dallas?
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The trophy and wrench get their shiny silver coat from aluminum foil.
    Deborah Way, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And yet despite all that, a display case was filled with trophies.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • At least one fan even pretended to kiss the trophy through the glass.
    Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
  • But the path to win a league trophy won’t be nearly as streamlined.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So Chelsea still have a trophy and their hopes for the season to play for.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

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