trappings
Example Sentences
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He posted photographs that showed off trappings of luxury without ever revealing his face.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Byrne, on the other hand, gives a worthy performance that saves “Tow” from its own pedantic trappings and functions as a similarly fed-up complement to her character in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
From Salon • Mar. 22, 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
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing trappings
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Things They Carried
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