How to Use traps in a Sentence

traps

plural noun

• Put yeast and beer traps out at the side of the gardens, not in them.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2021
• Starting in late spring, hang the traps in the trees and check each week.
  — oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• These traps will take care of the male moths, but you’re not done yet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 25 May 2021
• With the tap of a button, the balloon inflates and brings the traps to the surface.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
• The traps ended up on the shelf with 80 expired fish in them.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
• Thanks to the line of traps, the dune survived the assault of Dorian.
  — Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
• Sappers had not had time to check the school for booby traps and mines.
  — Time, 14 Apr. 2022
• Here is a look at those traps and the strategies people can use to avoid them.
  — Sabina Nawaz, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• Some of these cold traps may have evaded the sun for billions of years.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Oct. 2020
• In June, the wharf was stacked high with lobster traps tinging the breeze with the faint reek of their latest catch.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is a favorite area for these traps.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2022
• And, so, the double-teams and traps arrived against the 6-foot-5 guard Friday night.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2022
• Lab Results: All the booby traps were a huge hit with kid testers.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Oct. 2020
• In the weeks since, the county has increased the number of traps and checks them more often.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2021
• Slugs can be a problem, so be prepared to set traps or bail as seedlings poke through the soil.
  — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2022
• According to Yankee, this traps in heat to help the gel break down faster.
  — Alexis Bennett, SELF, 7 Oct. 2020
• In the Lone Star State, boll weevil traps with pheromones are set up around fields and along roadsides.
  — Mary Beth Gahan, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• After the shooting stopped, the deputies feared there could be booby traps.
  — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2021
• Ida scattered most of his 200 crab traps to parts unknown.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2021
• The Panthers played zone the entire game, including some traps in the half court.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2021
• Within 24 hours of pulling the traps, the grocery store worker was bit about 1.6 miles away from the high school, Foy said.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 16 Dec. 2020
• In ancestral times, the Ahjumawi, a band of the Pit River Tribe, built 10 rock fish traps along the shore of the area near springs.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2021
• Take time away from tourist traps to explore some of the city's unsung quarters.
  — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2021
• Large traps made out of culverts were set around the area in hopes of capturing the bruin.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
• Alone-themed Airbnb in Dallas, complete with the traps that Kevin used to protect his home.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 16 Dec. 2020
• The traps are set up in late winter and early spring when the insect is most active.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2021
• Martha Stewart, the reigning queen of thirst traps, is back to her old tricks in her latest spon-con post.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2022
• The metal mesh has since been replaced, and live traps have been set up around the exhibit.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
• Hornets caught in traps help scientists find the location of nests.
  — CBS News, 26 July 2022
• An investigation resulted in bear traps being set at the southwestern edge of the campground.
  — al, 14 June 2022

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024