trappings

Example Sentences

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Wrangling Gellar free from her inadvertent nostalgic trappings is no simple task.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

“And then … you’d come home and paparazzi and all the sort of the trappings of, you know, living in that space.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

But the former military academy student has long shown a fascination for martial trappings, often surrounding himself with soldiers and visiting military sites.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Hedda, in effect, torches the realistic trappings that Nora from “A Doll’s House” also came to understand as a trap.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

I admired the graceful gold-and-pink rose pattern on the translucent bone china and figured that some of the trappings of civilization weren’t so bad after all.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly