How to Use trouper in a Sentence

trouper

noun
  • She's been a real trouper about the whole thing.
  • And in the trouper spirit of its two leading men, it was built to last.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • Even the two dogs, Bruiser and Rufus, are real troupers.
    Punch Shaw, star-telegram.com, 15 May 2017
  • Stockwell is a real trouper in the movie, biting into the role with abandon.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Still, Gebbia has been a trouper through all his injury trials.
    oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • He was bitten by the circus bug 10 years ago when the circus arrived in Waltham and three troupers stayed with his family.
    Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • The Lipizzan horses at Tempel Farms up near the Wisconsin border are troupers of the old school.
    Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 20 June 2018
  • Timberlake is a trouper; there's little doubt that his dance moves will be perfect and his small but supple voice will stay suave all the way through his 12 minutes.
    The New York Times, cleveland.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • But that would go counter to the spirit of a Broadway luminary who is at heart an ensemble trouper dedicated to artistic growth.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
  • The two sides of his performing identity — movie star and musical trouper — came together in a homage to movie musicals.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
  • Aldrich's direction and dynamite performances from the two old troupers make this film an experience.
    Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 2 Mar. 2018

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