Triumph is an English word with synonyms like defeat or success. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Triumph in a sentence
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Triumph meaning
- A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
- A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
- Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
Synonyms of Triumph
Using Triumph
- The main meaning on this page is: A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest. | A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor. | Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
- Useful related words include: rejoice, exult, win, prevail.
- In the example corpus, triumph often appears in combinations such as: triumph in, triumph over, triumph of.
Example sentences (20)
In 1550, King Henri II staged a triumphant entry into Rouen, modeled on the ancient Roman triumph and specifically designed to ape Pompey 's third triumph of 61 BC at Rome: "No less pleasing and delectable than the third triumph of Pompey..
Triumph Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. has entered an option agreement to obtain a 100% interest in Triumph Gold’s Andalusite Peak property located in northwest British Columbia.
Atletico Madrid are in the same ferocious form that helped them win La Liga in 2014 and they return to the scene of that famous triumph on Sunday, needing to win at unbeaten table-toppers Barcelona to boost their hopes of another title triumph.
Since she was driving a Triumph, Moss went to Standard-Triumph and asked them to cover the cost of competing in the RAC Rally in Wales.
Awarding a triumph In Republican tradition, only the Senate could grant a triumph.
In an epilogue to Foundation's Triumph, Brin noted he could imagine himself or a different author writing another sequel to add to Foundation's Triumph, feeling that Hari Seldon's story was not yet necessarily finished.
Plutarch, Life of Pompey, pg. 149 However, Sulla had his own triumph first, then allowed Metellus Pius his triumph, relegating Pompey to an extra-legal third place in a quick succession of triumphs.
See Mary Beard, The Roman Triumph, The Belknapp Press, 2007. 16 – 17. On the day the triumph was to take place, Pompey attempted to upstage both his seniors in a triumphal chariot towed by an elephant, representing his exotic African conquests.
Sulla's consent (formalised by his obedient senate as a Republican permission) made it a "nontraditional" and strictly illegal triumph, but a triumph nevertheless.
Wilson, 184. For the guildhall of the Steelyard Holbein painted two monumental allegories, "The Triumph of Wealth" and "The Triumph of Poverty", both now lost.
Adeyemi without mincing words said AC Milan would triumph in the all- Italian quarterfinal.
American Max Homa has converted his overnight one-shot lead into a four-stroke triumph at the Nedbank Challenge on Sunday, winning the tournament dubbed 'Africa's major' at the first attempt.
American Wyndham Clark announced himself as golf's newest star with a gutsy US Open triumph at the Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday to claim his first major title.
A motorcyclist was killed during the wee hours of Wednesday after he collided with a truck at the Railway Embankment Road, Triumph, East Coast Demerara.
And sell we did, because the success of Tennent’s Lager is as much a marketing triumph as it was a brewing breakthrough.
And while Brown didn't end up as a finalist on, it's still a trip to look back at the video of the burgeoning star reveling in his audition triumph as a wide-eyed 19-year-old from Tennessee.
A second-half Matt Stevens goal – his first since February – sealed a 1-0 triumph at Harrogate for the club that last won on the road on the opening day of last season at Bristol Rovers.
A triumph for Ezra and Keatons return.
At the time of writing she was eighth favourite to win, with former Eurovision winner Loreen, the favourite to triumph for Sweden with her entry Tattoo.
A World Cup triumph should be a moment that is solely about the team.
Common combinations with triumph
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- triumph in 26×
- triumph over 26×
- triumph of 21×
- triumph at 15×
- the triumph 14×
- cup triumph 14×
- title triumph 13×
- triumph for 12×
- to triumph 11×
- his triumph 7×