How to Use trump in a Sentence

trump

verb

• She trumped my ace to win the trick.
• Their offer for the house was trumped by a higher bid.
• The need for blood donors trumps all other concerns.
• Sometimes, like this time, the head needs to trump the racing heart.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
• Fame trumps all, and the media fawn and favor at the altar.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Learn which West Coast city trumps the old pizza standbys.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• What trumps that, though, is doubling down on a matching pair.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
• The same as always: Kid’s well-being trumps your feelings.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
• That made Charlotte the first female royal to trump a younger male sibling.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Jan. 2023
• So that, even in a more complete way, the award, the honorary award trumped the single award for the performance as an actor.
  — Vulture, 27 June 2023
• Money trumps everything and nobody’s going to take the time to put a full song on there.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• The graphics aren’t always as bad as the examples, and graphics don’t trump fun.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 13 July 2023
• But those concerns are trumped by the benefits of the heating system.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• The spectacle of watching crime tends to trump a lesson on crime statistics.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• It was assumed that the fuzzy hatchling was plucked from her nest on May 20 as a meal, but that parental instinct somehow trumped hunger when the eagle returned to its lair.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• Of course, wins over San Diego’s two other Division I basketball teams would trump them all.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Knowing the personality of the hostess may trump all these rules.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
• The ocean has been productive enough returning fish simply stuffed themselves until the urge to spawn trumped bait balls.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
• There is a point, however, when the glove cannot trump the long-term offensive realities.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
• Here’s what experts had to say about why self-perception of sleep trumps what the sleep tracker says, and ways to improve sleep quality to boost your next-day mood.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes a fake rumor trumps a real one, and hell hath no fury like a stan with a juicy theory and access to social media.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
• California hopes its senior water rights will trump the united front shown by the six other states.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Dorsey said his bill would not trump agreements or contracts that some neighborhoods, like Roland Park, have in place banning multi-unit homes.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
• But for the most part, the communal thirst for outrage appears to trump any potential skepticism.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
• In that sense, the left has mirrored the populist style of the far right, in which personality trumps the traditional party machine.
  — Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• This was a document not meant to win in court so much as trump the reality of an otherwise boring election.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
• But when the game is in the balance and buckets need to be produced, the Suns are banking on creating just enough chaos in mismatches to trump all of the concerns about their rim-attacking.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The appearance of not disrupting public order had trumped the moment, itself a response to the disruption and harassment that had packed the room.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
• Owning the Libs now trumps serious discussion, which makes the upcoming debates all the more ripe for the loudest and least nuanced character.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 July 2023
• The team gets a stroke of luck in the early rounds, earning a bye when tournament favorites South Africa see their arrival delayed by passport issues, though there’s no prize for guessing that sportsmanship will trump gamesmanship in the long run.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024