trope
tropes
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pluralof trope.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Along with such franchise tropes as face-huggers and rampaging xenomorphs, ship design was the key area where homage overtook the series’ emphasis on new locations, lifeforms and themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
In Hollywood films and literary tropes, spiders come ideologically loaded and are frequently coupled with the feminine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Although Cristle and Sunny’s paths don’t cross frequently, both are bucking certain tropes.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
They have absorbed a vast inventory of words, idioms, constructions, tropes, and rhetorical tricks, and with them a sensitivity to how they mesh and how they clash.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
