trinket

Example Sentences

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She uses it to make anything from trinket boxes to ornate geometric vases to statuettes of quizzical creatures.

From Los Angeles Times

She gave him money for a deposit, bought bridesmaid dresses for her daughters, a veil, "a few little trinket bits".

From BBC

The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.

From Barron's

More of his classmates boarded the bus, laughing and showing one another trinkets from the store.

From Literature

Roughly a year ago, the threshold for a second trinket dropped to 25 plates instead of 30, enticing people to up their plate count from the low 20s to 25, according to Uttz, the CFO.

From The Wall Street Journal