Sentence examples for on the trappings from inspiring English sources

He took on the trappings of its Pangaean culture.

It was also to understand that to take on the trappings of leadership did not mean to betray his humanity.

He gazed recently at the 11-story structure, in a slum that has begun to take on the trappings of a lower-middle-class district.

Countries like Iraq and Afghanistan may take on the trappings of modern, Western nation-states, with parliaments, justice departments and other governmental agencies, researchers say.

Cities, in turn, are taking on the trappings of suburbia: the multiplexes, the Starbucks shops and chain stores and the big-box retailers with giant parking garages.

The growth of blended Scotch coincided with the birth of Highlandism – the peculiar phenomenon where Lowland mercantile society took on the trappings of the Highlander.

And Caccini's "Amarilli, mia bella," usually sung with a plaintive simplicity, here took on the trappings of a late-19th-century art song.

MORE advertising is taking on the trappings of public service campaigns as marketers seek to find the right approach to reach consumers after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The N.F.L. isn't a pillar of society or a system of justice, even though it tries to take on the trappings of both; at the end of the day, it's a billion-dollar entertainment business.

But still, preschool graduations are taking on all the trappings of similar events on college campuses -- the caps and gowns, the diplomas, the grandparents flying in from overseas, the triumphant bubble-blowing at festivities' end.

The action then moves forward a year or so, focusing on a new group of characters and taking on all the trappings of an erotic thriller.