trappings

Example Sentences

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A modest yet amusingly spiky round trip from Manhattan to Martha’s Vineyard, it has the trappings of a rom-com but a trickier soulfulness about its unlikely connection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“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

Now he is offering the Trumps some of those trappings in the form of a glitzy theatrical release for “Melania.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Most Romans did not surround themselves with the costly trappings and plush furnishings the Alexandrians enjoyed.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby