TROUPE in a Sentence

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The ordinary troupe suffices neither for event nor for men: among men geniuses are required, among events revolutions.

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 Meanings and Examples of TROUPE
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troupe
 n.  organization of performers and associated personnel
Classic Sentence:
1  They kept a troupe of actors of the shadows at the disposition of all underground tragedies.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE
2  The ordinary troupe suffices neither for event nor for men: among men geniuses are required, among events revolutions.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
3  There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
4  When Sally got back from school, she sat down in her hat and coat and drummed the plantation melodies that Negro minstrel troupes brought to town.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: III
Example Sentence:
1  A troupe of authentic belly dancers has been performing in the Cleveland, Ohio area since 2002.