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

“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

Such were the trappings of “wealth” that consigned men to their death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The fifth trunk belonged to someone named Grigori Antonovich and yielded more of the same ordinary trappings.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros