Sentences with trap
trap
T t - The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds. [VERB noun]
- He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap.
- SYNONYMY NOTE: trap1, as applied to a device for capturing animals, specif. suggests a snapping device worked by a spring, , pitfall, a concealed pit with a collapsible cover, and , snare, a noose which jerks tight upon the release of a trigger; in extended senses, these words apply to any danger into which unsuspecting or unwary persons may fall, , trap1 specifically suggesting a deliberate stratagem or ambush [a speed trap], pitfall, a concealed danger, source of error, etc. [the pitfalls of the law], and snare, enticement and entanglement [the snares of love]
- Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission? [VERB noun + into]
- The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game. [VERB noun]
- The Government has found it's caught in a trap of its own making.
- The train was trapped underground by a fire. [be VERB-ed]
- Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay. [VERB noun]
- A trap is a natural configuration of layers of rock where non-porous or impermeable rocks act as a barrier, blocking the natural upward flow of hydrocarbons.A trap consists of a layer of rock that oil and gas cannot penetrate above a porous, permeable layer that holds the oil and gas.A trap is an arrangement of rocks which can contain hydrocarbons, and is sealed by an impermeable formation which the hydrocarbons will not pass through.
- He was busy trapping.