trap

[træp]

Definition:
1. A piece of equipment for catching animals.
2. A clever plan designed to trick someone, either by capturing them or by making them do or say something that they did not mean to do or say.

Use 'trap' in a sentence:

1. She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.
2. It should not become a tool for retailers to lure customers into a shopping trap.
3. How came you to be caught in this trap?
4. European visitors are constantly falling into this trap.
5. The police knew they had to trap the killer.
6. The pockets trap more bacteria and food particles.
7. We became trapped by the rising floodwater.
8. Help! I'm trapped!
9. There is no greater thrill than to bluff a man, trap him, and outfox him.
10. The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh.
11. The escaped prisoners were eventually trapped in an underground garage and recaptured.
12. Rescuers were still working their way towards the trapped men.
13. He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap.
14. She had set a trap for him and he had walked straight into it.
15. Two survivors were cut free after being trapped for twenty minutes.
16. The bladderwort has an equally sophisticated way of setting its underwater trap.
17. Ants are collected when they fall into the trap while foraging.
18. The government has found that it's caught in a trap of its own making.
19. Suspecting nothing, he walked right into the trap.
20. I realized I'd walked into a trap.
21. We can all benefit by acknowledging that we can fall into this trap.
22. This type of trap uses no bait or other attractant.
23. We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.
24. It's a trap too many people fall into.
25. He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms of the contract.
26. But he soon discovers that his old foe may be leading him into a trap.
27. Parents often fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children.
28. This is a keyboard trap, because users cannot move the focus to a new window using only the keyboard.
29. They did not realize that they were being lured into a trap.
30. I would hate him to think I'm trying to trap him.
31. The trap caught me and the Farmer put a collar on me and made me a watchdog.
32. Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible.
33. Nathan's dog got caught in a trap.
34. Thankfully, there is a way out of this trap but it involves striking a subtle balance.
35. The rescuers tunnelled their way in to the trapped miners.
36. Two passengers are still trapped in the wreck.
37. Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.
38. The cars blocking the exits could turn this place into a death trap.
39. Rescuers found victims trapped several feet underground.
40. He seemed to think I was setting some sort of trap for him.
41. The miners were trapped deep underground.
42. The stock market is full of traps for the unwary.
43. He baited the trap with a piece of meat.
44. I trapped my coat in the car door.
45. I feel trapped in my job.
46. Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
47. The locals were encouraged to trap and kill mice to stop the spread of the virus.
48. Raccoons used to be trapped for their fur.
49. A trap was laid, with fresh bait.
50. Solar panels trap energy from the sun.
51. The pain was caused by a trapped nerve.
52. He was trapped in an unhappy marriage.
53. Some women see marriage as a trap.