trappings
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Bass has been using the trappings of her office to promote her work, scheduling two State of the City speeches in a three-month span.
From Los Angeles Times
“The Housemaid” initially appears to have those trappings, slowly revealing that Nina is on a steady cocktail of antipsychotics after a trip to the psych ward.
From Salon
It was part of the trappings of Andrew's life of entitlement.
From BBC
“People who have platforms can use them to build up and inform, if they let go of some of the music industry’s trappings of capitalism and celebrity and really start focusing on communities.”
From Los Angeles Times
Now he is offering the Trumps some of those trappings in the form of a glitzy theatrical release for “Melania.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
