How to Use trophy in a Sentence
trophy
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Tom Cruise returned his trophies and NBC yanked the show off the air for a year.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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The Chiefs won the Lombardi trophy with a score of 38-35.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
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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
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Aaron Rodgers has talked about how lonely the Jets’ trophy case looks to him.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
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Karol was up for three awards this year, including the Artist of the Year trophy.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
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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
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In the morning, her mother has brought the trophies up from the basement.
—Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
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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
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The honors even came with a trophy shaped like a giant screw.
—Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
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In fact, he's come for the Toronto rapper's song of the summer trophy.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
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The trophy and wrench get their shiny silver coat from aluminum foil.
—Deborah Way, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Alright Katie, so this medal — does this one go in the same trophy cases as your Olympic medals?
—Erika Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2024
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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
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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
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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
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To qualify as a true trophy, most anglers would agree the fish has to stretch beyond the 40-inch mark.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2024
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He’s already won two races to start the year, taking home the trophies at Daytona and Atlanta to start the season.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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This poster near section 200 is a team photo with the World Series trophy.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
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The Colombian singer is the first South American artist to win the trophy in its four-decade history.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2023
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In the clip, he’s seen educating himself on the sport and very determined to take the trophy home.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2023
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Soon, the members were accepting the trophy for Number One on the Gaon Weibo chart.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
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Achilles captures her in a raid, and Agamemnon, the Greek commander, claims her as his war trophy.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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Charli D'Amelio then returned to the ballroom floor to present the mirrorball trophy to the winners.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
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But those trophies are not a sort of labyrinthine qualifying process for the Ballon d’Or.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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But the picture was always on display, next to some random plaques and honors and a few golf trophies.
—Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
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There will be no mirrorball trophy for Jamie Lynn Spears.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
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Sure enough, Washington earned the trophy during the real game.
—Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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