How to Use trump in a Sentence

trump

1 of 2 noun

• That’s often a trump card, especially for the highest-value work.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
• But there’s one trump card in all the big names – a company that produces more than 4 million motorcycles every year.
  — New Atlas, 26 Feb. 2026
• While the headline is all about modularity, these constraints might actually be the Sidephone's trump card.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026
• The structure of the decks included four suits—Cups, Coins, Swords, and Batons—alongside a series of trump cards known as trionfi.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
• Because of the way that resources are distributed in our fundamentally unequal society, very few people hold the trump cards in terms of wealth and resources over the whole rest of the population.
  — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
• The number of cards stabilized at 78, including 56 in the four suits and 22 trump cards later known as Major Arcana.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
• These trump cards depicted allegorical figures such as Justice, Temperance, Death, and The World, reflecting Renaissance ideals of virtue, morality, and cosmic order.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

trump

2 of 2 verb

• She trumped my ace to win the trick.
• Their offer for the house was trumped by a higher bid.
• The need for blood donors trumps all other concerns.
• What trumps that, though, is doubling down on a matching pair.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
• Sometimes, like this time, the head needs to trump the racing heart.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
• Her lips were, for the most part, bare; the faint color was trumped by the rich red hue of her jacket.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
• Money trumps everything and nobody’s going to take the time to put a full song on there.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• That made Charlotte the first female royal to trump a younger male sibling.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Jan. 2023
• But those concerns are trumped by the benefits of the heating system.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• The graphics aren’t always as bad as the examples, and graphics don’t trump fun.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 13 July 2023
• The spectacle of watching crime tends to trump a lesson on crime statistics.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• In the real world, the money trumps the competition.
  — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
• Knowing the personality of the hostess may trump all these rules.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
• So that, even in a more complete way, the award, the honorary award trumped the single award for the performance as an actor.
  — Vulture, 27 June 2023
• California hopes its senior water rights will trump the united front shown by the six other states.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• There is a point, however, when the glove cannot trump the long-term offensive realities.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• Here, again, ideology trumps logic and common sense.
  — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
• Turner never subscribed to the notion that property rights trumped the common good.
  — Todd Wilkinson, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
• Sometimes a fake rumor trumps a real one, and hell hath no fury like a stan with a juicy theory and access to social media.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
• Singh discovered that skills trump everything else in today’s rapidly evolving tech space.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• But no amount of washing shower curtain liners trumps trading an old one for a new one, notes Rubino.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
• Lucky for Robin, my allegiance to her as a friend and my curiosity trumped my fear—and my empathy.
  — Michele Promaulayko, Allure, 17 June 2026
• Critics now say politics trumped concern for the women’s best interests as the drama played out.
  — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
• But for the most part, the communal thirst for outrage appears to trump any potential skepticism.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
• This was a document not meant to win in court so much as trump the reality of an otherwise boring election.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
• But, her dedication towards giving back to these trailblazers and their missions trumps it all.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• For Roseman, the value of landing a top-15 player in the first round trumped the extra dart throws in the fourth round.
  — Zach Berman, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• Personal beliefs do not trump the freedoms of other citizens.
  — WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
• Here’s what experts had to say about why self-perception of sleep trumps what the sleep tracker says, and ways to improve sleep quality to boost your next-day mood.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• Don’t let your indecisiveness trump these amazing on-sale Tory Burch styles.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023