frippery

Example Sentences

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Brushing ahead all that geeky frippery, though, and what’s plainest about that scene is how unsettling it is.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

To illustrate this, Ford has interpreted the idea of “battle” literally: the mannequins, in all their gorgeous chiffons and fringed and fan-pleated frippery are fencing and flying through the air karate-chopping each other.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

One important function of the Academy Awards, often lost amid the frippery and frivolity, is to help the nominated movies find those audiences and those moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022

Fans repaid her with a fierce devotion, showing up to her readings in their finest vampiric frippery.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021

He reiterated his insistence that in Chicago “simplicity and reserve will be practiced and petty effects and frippery avoided.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson