Explore Trophy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like award or accolade. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Trophy meaning
- An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
- An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
- Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
Using Trophy
- The main meaning on this page is: An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. | An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed. | Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
- Useful related words include: award, accolade, honor, honour.
- In the example corpus, trophy often appears in combinations such as: the trophy, trophy and, heisman trophy.
Context around Trophy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trophy
- In this selection, "trophy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ranji, vezina, classic, hunting, collection and main stand out and add context to how "trophy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include received a trophy and a, 000 a trophy certificates learning, heisman trophy, trophy winner and league trophy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trophy" sits close to words such as diseases, francis and studios, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trophy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ranji Trophy Highlights: Follow all the highlights from Ranji Trophy matches below. (12 words)
Earlier it depicted the Empire Classic trophy, followed by the Seattle Tip-Off Classic trophy. (15 words)
The girls received the Nerdy Banana Beach Rugby Trophy and the boys received the Peter Glackin Beach Rugby Trophy. (19 words)
After a first half in which the match seemed somewhat stale with Gibraltar United holding well at the back and leaving little space, three quick goals from Europa in the second half brought back the trophy to the Green’s trophy cabinet. (42 words)
It was lucky the Cobar team took a bus to Sunday’s carnival as it helped them to bring home their trophies, including the Ian “Setts” Settree Memorial Trophy Presidents 50 metres Handicapped Event trophy, which club president John Carswell picked up. (42 words)
Guyana’s number one lumber retailer, Forrester Lumber Yard and popular Trophy & Engraving Store, Trophy Stall, has undoubtedly pledged their support to the upcoming “Opening Day Stakes” carded for this Sunday 12 March, 2023 at the Rising Sun Turf Club. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trophy hunting main Royal Liechtenstein trophy collection at Úsov Château, the Czech Republic Trophy hunting is the selective seeking of wild game.
Trophy main The trophy on display in Germany From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the World Cup winning team.
Apart from this K15 million trophy, Malango revealed that he will also soon introduce netball trophy, school tournament, interdomination festival Choir competition as well as Cultural competition day in the constituency.
Guyana’s number one lumber retailer, Forrester Lumber Yard and popular Trophy & Engraving Store, Trophy Stall, has undoubtedly pledged their support to the upcoming “Opening Day Stakes” carded for this Sunday 12 March, 2023 at the Rising Sun Turf Club.
Manchester City have their sights firmly set on winning their first Champions League trophy, goalkeeper Ederson said ahead of their last-16 encounter at RB Leipzig on Wednesday, adding that the elusive trophy is "what the club needs".
On the domestic short circuit scene, he won the Enkalon Trophy at the beginning of the season and claimed the Neil Robinson Trophy in July at Bishopscourt on the team’s new BMW M1000RR.
Ranji Trophy Highlights: Follow all the highlights from Ranji Trophy matches below.
Vasilevskiy, a past winner of the Vezina Trophy (league’s top goalie) and Conn Smyth Trophy (playoff MVP), was in his first NHL game since April following offseason surgery.
Earlier it depicted the Empire Classic trophy, followed by the Seattle Tip-Off Classic trophy.
Nathan MacKinnon is battling for his first Art Ross Trophy and is in the running to potentially win his first Hart Trophy as the league’s most valuable player.
The girls received the Nerdy Banana Beach Rugby Trophy and the boys received the Peter Glackin Beach Rugby Trophy.
Trophy hunting of mountain lions has become more high-tech and commercialized, with guides guaranteeing kills of trophy cats, mainly for out-of-state hunters.
Bergeron has been a Selke “contender” all season, and Pastrnak and goaltender Tuukka Rask were under consideration for the Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy (for top goaltender), respectively, in previous versions of the column.
Masala High School emerged winners of the contest and walked away with K8,000, a trophy, certificates, learning Martine and T-shirts followed by Kansenshi High School who received K6,000 and a trophy.
The champagne corks pop and Tom Cairney shows Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang how it’s done, hoisting the play-off final trophy final trophy towards the Wembley night sky as his team-mates pogo behind him.
The women's Espirito Santo Trophy was scheduled to be contested from October 14 to 17 while the Eisenhower Trophy for the men was scheduled for October 21 to 24.
Words can’t explain how happy I am to put that trophy in my trophy room, to see Kobe’s name there.
After a first half in which the match seemed somewhat stale with Gibraltar United holding well at the back and leaving little space, three quick goals from Europa in the second half brought back the trophy to the Green’s trophy cabinet.
Chanamolu received a trophy and a $75 gift card while third-place Mangini-Miller received a trophy and a $50 gift card.
It was lucky the Cobar team took a bus to Sunday’s carnival as it helped them to bring home their trophies, including the Ian “Setts” Settree Memorial Trophy Presidents 50 metres Handicapped Event trophy, which club president John Carswell picked up.
Phrases with trophy
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with trophy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the trophy 42×
- trophy and 17×
- heisman trophy 12×
- trophy for 10×
- trophy to 10×
- trophy winner 10×
- trophy in 9×
- trophy after 8×
- trophy was 6×
- league trophy 6×