Explore Trope through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like figure or image. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Trope meaning
- Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
- A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
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Using Trope
- The main meaning on this page is: Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif. | An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment. | A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- Useful related words include: figure of speech, figure, image, rhetorical device.
- Possible Dutch translations are: troop.
- In the example corpus, trope often appears in combinations such as: the trope, trope that, trope of.
Context around Trope
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trope
- In this selection, "trope" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, common, popular, demon, works, theory and seen stand out and add context to how "trope" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a common trope of disaffected and a common trope with new. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trope" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trope
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Crying on your birthday is a common trope of disaffected womanhood. (11 words)
Beneath this ridiculous male trope, we realize there’s acute desperation and fear. (13 words)
Evil clones are a popular trope in sci-fi, especially in video games. (13 words)
But you explained the entertainment trope in advance so I tried to rescue the gag by dropping the tv show line anyway as a self-deprecating nod to my own OCD but you explained it again, thus robbing me of the closure I sought. (44 words)
A cut scene from showed their first meeting, wherein Natasha noticed Wanda was wearing her jacket -- jacket sharing, whether intentional or not, being a popular shipping trope -- and said jacket became Wanda's iconic costume for the first few movies. (40 words)
Although this artistic direction results in a game that is far less dark and brooding, two key features in a good Master Sword scene, actually has one of the best versions of the trope in any of the franchise. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
So you got the demon trope, you've got the ghost haunting trope and the haunted item or the haunted person kind of thing.
The magic knight riding a deadly, smart companion is a cool trope, and from He-Man to more contemporary series, there are a ton of instances wherein this trope works rather well.
However, bundle theory combined with trope theory (as opposed to metaphysical realism) avoids the indiscernibles argument because each attribute is a trope if can only be held by only one concrete particular.
A common trope with new suits is that Batman ends up looking so different that it has no similarities to the past.
A cut scene from showed their first meeting, wherein Natasha noticed Wanda was wearing her jacket -- jacket sharing, whether intentional or not, being a popular shipping trope -- and said jacket became Wanda's iconic costume for the first few movies.
Adding to the arranged marriage trope, there's another donghua that has the same theme, but it's set in the modern world, and the aspect is completely different.
A Girl & Her Guard Dog celebrates every shojo trope without remorse, whether it's saving the girl from spoiled dates or sharing a cramped-up space.
Although this artistic direction results in a game that is far less dark and brooding, two key features in a good Master Sword scene, actually has one of the best versions of the trope in any of the franchise.
An unfortunate trope in a lot of media, especially anime, is that one of the character’s parents is dead.
A superhero fan becoming a hero in their own right is an old comic book trope that the MCU decided to play with.
Beneath this ridiculous male trope, we realize there’s acute desperation and fear.
Between their swoon-worthy love stories, hilarious scenarios, and unique takes on beloved trope, the best rom-coms appeal to all fans of the genre.
But there isn’t much to her except her playing into the exotic “Madame Fortune” trope.
But you explained the entertainment trope in advance so I tried to rescue the gag by dropping the tv show line anyway as a self-deprecating nod to my own OCD but you explained it again, thus robbing me of the closure I sought.
Contrary to Craig Mazin's comments on Bury Your Gays, Episode 3 does not so much subvert the trope as much as it doubles down on it.
Crying on your birthday is a common trope of disaffected womanhood.
Don’t expect to engage with the age-old trope of a dangerous boy who needs a woman’s touch to save him from his darkness.
Everyone is in different parts of the Labophase looking for the missing Dr. Vegapunk Stella and Jewelry Bonney; one could argue that people missing is yet another trope of the whodunnit.
Evil clones are a popular trope in sci-fi, especially in video games.
For decades, self-driving cars were a popular trope seen only in science fiction movies.
Common combinations with trope
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the trope 20×
- trope that 19×
- trope of 19×
- trope is 14×
- trope and 10×
- this trope 10×
- trope in 6×
- common trope 5×
- trope as 5×
- trope to 5×