trinkets

Example Sentences

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Bags of trash, broken Christmas ornaments, useless trinkets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Auction enthusiast Sarah had bid her way to a big collection of ornaments and trinkets which filled her three-bedroom house in Shetland.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Sonia Bravo, 40, who hawks Christmas trinkets from a makeshift stand, has also heard that “zero hour” is imminent.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

“It’s true,” she says weakly, then sinks down on her hands and knees to gather the spilled trinkets.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau