How to Use trident in a Sentence

trident

noun
  • The three-pronged trident of Maserati goes full-on pink, embracing the ethos of the most famous doll in the world.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
  • In the right talon is the trident, which symbolizes Neptune, the Roman God of the sea.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Many like to wear headlamps at night and gig them with trident spears.
    Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020
  • From the front, the trident sits dead center in the large grille with a large air intake below.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 8 June 2018
  • Other paintings bring to mind a lyre and a yoke or a helmet and a trident.
    Roberta Smith, Karen Rosenberg, Will Heinrich and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
  • On the side of the team’s truck, Ukrainian tridents mark their successes.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • The big Maserati trident is sure to spear some bugs when it's stuck at the nose of the 582-hp twin-turbo Levante Trofeo.
    Austin Irwin and Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The trident that is the company’s emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This was changed in 1970, when a gold trident became standard for all SEALs.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Nov. 2019
  • This changed in 1970, when a gold trident became standard for all SEALs.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The enthusiasm speaks to the legend and heritage of the brand that has borne the trident logo since 1914.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • His trident can summon lightning, control the sea itself and even pierce the man of steel’s skin.
    WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • One patch for the NROL-35 mission has a purple-haired wizard holding a trident and ball of fire.
    Tamara Chuang, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2017
  • The bolstered, 12-way-adjustable sport seats are black leather trimmed with red stitching, and the head rests are embossed with the Maserati trident.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 8 June 2018
  • This is puzzling because the case for removing the trident was strong.
    James Stavridis, Time, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The valet will leave it right out front like a head on a trident, warning pretenders in lesser machines to head to the public garage down the street.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The Label, and its range of eco-wear, from tees to hoodies, shirts, bandanas and more — all stamped with the freshwater god’s trident.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Valentines is a day to remember the trident of love: to protect, to provide and to profess.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Sounds like Momoa trading in his trident for a cigar in the near future may not be so far-fetched after all.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Poseidon is known for his trident, which has three TINEs.
    New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
  • And now there’s a third prong on this deadly trident: light pollution.
    Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 9 July 2019
  • Simpson showed his tattoo, a tiny trident in the same area as Cyrus', off on his own Instagram.
    Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2020
  • On top of it, there is no star of Bethlehem’s but instead a trident, Ukraine’s symbol.
    Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
  • From the side, the exterior is adorned only with the iconic trident on the C pillar and three vents right as the hood slopes into the windshield.
    Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 8 June 2018
  • Barbados Tridents will play Jamaica Tallawahs at 3 p.m. the same day.
    Arun Sivasankaran, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 July 2017
  • Its most powerful weapon is the Poseidon-4 radar altimeter, named after the trident-wielding Greek god of the sea.
    Frank Jordans, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Dafoe’s Vulko shows up to give Aquaman his trident, which Aquaman wielded out of nowhere in the theatrical cut.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Her bae, Cody Simpson, joined her at the tattoo parlor and got a trident symbol on his forearm.
    Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Among them are storm god Hadad, who is depicted with a trident-esque lightning fork and looms larger than the rest.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2022
  • Burtka opted for the likeness of Poseidon the god of the sea, carrying a trident and wearing shelled armor.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023

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