How to Use trapeze in a Sentence
trapeze
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Adults can join in on the fun, as the trapeze has a 300-pound weight limit.
—Stefanie Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
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Odom and Young leap into their parts with the trust and panache of a couples trapeze act.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
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There were llamas and trapeze artists and the air smelled like horse droppings.
—Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
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Come watch their high-flying acts on silks, trapezes, and more.
—Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
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Each of us grasping to keep the unit intact like sweaty-palmed trapeze artists.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2021
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That said, flying around on the trapeze did take a toll on Hadid's body.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022
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One horn, to me, is symbolic of the split half — like the trapeze, maybe one side weighs more than the other.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
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Later in the show, the singer showed off the best legs (and abs!) in the biz in a mod peekaboo trapeze dress by Georges Chakra.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
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High wire is not the same as flying trapeze or vice versa.
—Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
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Each set comes with two belt swings, a trapeze swing, a rock climbing wall, a rope climber, a ladder, and a wave slide.
—Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 11 July 2023
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More than 60 of the jumping surfaces set up a variety of moves, from a slam-dunk to a fall from a trapeze.
—Atlanta Travel, ajc, 17 Apr. 2017
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For the cover shot, Hadid swung through the air with her legs hooked around the trapeze bar and her arms stretched out to reach the opposite side.
—Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022
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Sarasota High School had a circus, a real one, with a big top and rings and a trapeze.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
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Young men and women flew like birds from one trapeze to another.
—The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
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Take the semester abroad, try that trapeze class, join the local roller derby team.
—Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2017
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Take the semester abroad, try that trapeze class, join the local roller derby team.
—Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2017
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The fourth photo and fifth video of the post even show Rita getting into a trapeze table.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 1 June 2023
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In Season 6, Carrie writes a piece for Vogue about taking trapeze lessons.
—Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 6 June 2023
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His grandfather was a clown, his father was both a trapeze artist and a clown, and his mother was a dancer in the circus.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
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That includes silks, trapeze, aerial cube and lyra, which is an aerial hoop.
—Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2018
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With two ladders, a rope ladder, trapeze and belt swings, a tire swing, rock wall and rope, this playground will make any kid swoon.
—Samantha De Leon, Chron, 15 Mar. 2021
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That there was no tent over the final show, no striped eaves from which the daring young man on the flying trapeze could hang, felt fitting.
—Sarah Maslin Nir and Nate Schweber, New York Times, 21 May 2017
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Lollobrigida trained for six months on a trapeze in her home to prepare for the film.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023
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Its challenge now is to manage growth while holding on to its mom-and-pop, let’s-put-on-a-show ethos, with treadmills and trapezes.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2017
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The couple met 12 years ago at a flying trapeze class; Alberti was the teacher.
—Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 15 Feb. 2023
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Behind her, models hang from aerial hoops and trapeze bars.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
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In order for performers to fly, the material — which is both the trapeze and the net — must be in place, supporting the riffs.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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At the reception, there were performances from the Duo Rose trapeze act, who are close friends of the couple, as well as Ms. Graziano’s trainers.
—Alix Wall, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
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Accessories include two belt swings, a trapeze, a rock climbing wall, monkey bars, a 10-foot slide, and a sandbox.
—Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2023
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And there are so many activities to enjoy, too—trapeze, archery, kayaking, windsurfing, rock climbing, among other resort sports, are all included in the rate.
—Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2023
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