Sentence examples for rich trappings from inspiring English sources

The church's rich trappings and vast wealth, as well as its scandal-plagued Vatican bank, made an ill fit to preach too loudly about austerity.

There's a dirty kind of glamour to this world, with its rich trappings and its Ivy League smilers with their gutting knives.

The rich trappings, including a depiction of Mars, the god of war, on the horse's halter make it the mount of an important figure.

He can talk more powerfully about income inequality because he has refused most of the elegant and rich trappings of the papacy.

But Bourdieu's innovation, applicable here, was to look beyond the traditional trappings of rich or poor to see battles of symbols (like those boots and hats) traversing all society, reinforcing the class structure just as money did.

Laura Bush went with the safe bet, guaranteeing children who liked to drink, marry rich, and enjoy the trappings of political power.

I had the fast car, big house and all the trappings of being rich and others congratulated me for fulfilling the capitalist dream.

But when people living paycheck-to-paycheck splash out on plastic to buy themselves the material trappings of the rich and famous -- or even the modest comforts of the merely solvent -- their emulation can cost them 18 percent interest or more.

Though the world premiere on Thursday of "Benji Returns: Rags to Riches" had some of the trappings of an opening in Los Angeles or New York -- stretch limousines, tuxedo-clad actors and a red carpet -- the opening here was decidedly suburban.

He was a humble man who couldn't stand watching his own performances, and even when he became famous, rich and powerful, he eschewed the trappings of stardom, preferring instead to do things for himself; he was once discovered sweeping the street in front of his studio.

Congress, for all its democratic trappings, has long been richer than a typical collection of 535 Americans.