accouterment

Example Sentences

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But I was in no hurry to shed this latest accouterment of age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

His tunnel vision is both an accouterment of power and a tragicomic flaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021

As a 66-year-old white man in that class of unlimited material means, with all the attendant accouterment, he exists in a world where there is no standing in line.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2019

The actor Khary Payton has done a marvelous job of extending the character beyond his colorful accouterment — the elaborate wig, the slinking pet tiger — to create a cohesive, winning personality.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017

About his waist he wore an old brass-buckled leather belt, which was the one thing solid in his whole accouterment.

From Treasure Island by Winter, Milo