accoutrement

Example Sentences

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“I don’t have kids, so I’m not too aware of all the accoutrement of kids: the toys and the media and all that,” Stevens tells The Times in a rare phone interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

"Watching the lying-in-state, the procession from Buckingham Palace - all those ceremonial uniforms with their accoutrement fittings, we will have manufactured them," Mr Kelly said.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022

Virginia’s 73rd governor left a fleece vest hanging in the closet for the 74th, who had made that suburban-dad accoutrement his signature campaign-trail look.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2022

For a simple accoutrement to dessert and coffee, make these sweet syrupy plums.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2021

Then the correspondence goes on to the Ordnance Department, with a suggestion that a false tooth might be considered an arm or an accoutrement.

From Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces by Various