trappings
Example Sentences
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They are enjoying the trappings including perks, bonuses and, in many cases, pay boosts.
On Wednesday, he took part in a second ceremony in Scotland that bore all the regal trappings of a coronation, if not the same legal status.
From New York Times
The event was not a coronation but it carried many of the trappings of one.
From BBC
The result is a picture with genre trappings, but more on its mind than gunplay and drug money.
From New York Times
It is more accurate to say that conservatism is a counter-intellectual activity that sometimes employs the trappings of intellectual discourse.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
