accoutrements

Example Sentences

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Military heroes can be depicted on horseback clutching the accoutrements of war, statesmen shown gesturing dramatically in mid-oration, and saints and clerics rendered awash in revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Plenty of the home improvement moguls’ boosters will see these as soothing and aspirational, and I’m wagering that each room’s accoutrements are available for purchase at the Magnolia Silos in Waco, Texas.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The Yoders were members of the Old Order Amish, a centuries-old religious sect that practiced adult baptism and shunned such modern accoutrements as cars and the electrical power grid.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2025

The entirety of the figure is part of a dynamic patchwork that incorporates furniture, pillows, wallpaper and other accoutrements of a homey interior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

But stripped of all the accoutrements, reduced to a gray shirt soaked with sweat, he had lost his persona.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger