gewgaws

Example Sentences

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Batman and Superman gewgaws are on view to underscore that point.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Sure, the sets and costumes and gewgaws are fun to look at.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2022

I actually screamed when Lisa showed up at Charlotte’s apartment in a rustic burlap sack covered in metal gewgaws.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

My wife is a proud Luddite, and doesn’t like tech for tech’s sake; we don’t have Alexa or HomePod or any of the talking gewgaws, no camera at the door.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019

No place in town had more gimcracks, doodads, and gewgaws crammed into less space in a more orderly fashion than Onofre’s spread.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols