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Example sentences from the Web for trapsAs I kept making different sketches, I thought it might be more colorful if these traps were lit up for the holidays. New England’s Crazy Christmas Tree Tradition|Condé Nast Traveler|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST When a fish swims toward the promised land, she clamps her legs closed and traps it. ‘Naked and Afraid’ Is the Craziest Show on TV—You Just Have to Watch|Kevin Fallon|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST It is only what is left over after the cooking that ends up in the traps. Janesville, Wisconsin, Paul Ryan’s Hometown, Plagued by Grease Thieves|Michael Daly|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST I felt that the draw of the money and the fame and all that goes along with that lifestyle were traps for me in my life. Two California Women Turn Themselves Into Real-Life Versions of Thelma and Louise|Michael Daly|January 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And the fact that it traps more heat is as well-established as the gravity that pulls that pen to the table top. Al Gore Warms Up|Lloyd Grove|December 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST His idea was to build a series of traps all about the barn, covering every approach. Frank Roscoe's Secret|Allen Chapman The shells of snow over these pockets were traps for our feet; but we scrambled down, and presently came to patches of tussock. South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton They rubbed their boots with stale meat when they went the rounds, then left the traps for a week. Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac|Ernest Thompson Seton Traps were set, and poisoned meat was discreetly put out, but only the coyotes suffered, apparently. Motor Matt's Clue|Stanley R. Matthews One snake is worth a dozen traps, for the reptile prowls into the burrows and nests of rats and mice and eats the entire brood. Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
Word Origin for trapsC19: probably shortened from trappings Words nearby trapsTrappist, Trappist cheese, Trappists, trappy, traprock, traps, trapshooting, trap shot, trapunto, Trasentine, trash Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to trapsbait, ploy, booby trap, quagmire, ambush, device, net, ruse, pitfall, stratagem, machination, hook, conspiracy, artifice, prank, plot, deception, temptation, decoy, snag |