trappings

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

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 • Mar. 1, 2026

Inside its sci-fi trappings — space travel, crazy technology, oodles of extraterrestrials — Pixar’s “Elio” is the story of an outsider kid who finds a new family.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“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 • Jan. 31, 2026

She was too accustomed to dream logic to be surprised by any of the trappings, but not too jaded to find them beautiful.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor