appurtenances

Example Sentences

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“This wildfire was started by sparks from high-voltage transmission lines, distribution lines, appurtenances, and other electrical equipment within PacifiCorp’s utility infrastructure that ignited surrounding vegetation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

But it is gendered symbolism, with heritage seen as bearing the seeds of the future, and guardianship depicted with the appurtenances of war.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2020

The Duke of Edenmore has all the appurtenances of upper-crust decay, but as a character he is little more than the sum of his crumbling real estate.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2020

Or, underneath the cultural appurtenances of Hawaiian life, were the islanders behaving rationally and pragmatically, much as any other people might?

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2019

When Mother was at home, she made him wear such appurtenances as a coat and a belt.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey