trappings

Example Sentences

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He posted photographs that showed off trappings of luxury without ever revealing his face.

From Los Angeles Times

Byrne, on the other hand, gives a worthy performance that saves “Tow” from its own pedantic trappings and functions as a similarly fed-up complement to her character in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”

From Salon

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

From MarketWatch

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

Such were the trappings of “wealth” that consigned men to their death.

From The Wall Street Journal