Sentence examples for trappings from from inspiring English sources

And all the trappings: from his No. 15 jerseys to the atmosphere of the field on a Friday night, under the lights and in front of a crowd.

Instead of just experiencing the evening meal of decades gone by, the likeable family had their own seasonal Groundhog Day, celebrating 25 December and all its trappings from the austere Forties through to the Sixties.

Bronze chariot plaques and horse trappings from graves of the Shang dynasty (18th 12th century bc) indicate that chariotry was introduced to the Chinese steppes by the 14th century bc, but no reconstruction of the earliest types is possible.

Tanavoli has published books on locks, talismans, gravestones, horse and camel trappings from tribal Iran, rugs and textiles, make-up boxes, tablecloths, ceramics, and the magic of letters and numbers, among other topics.

One day, when they're alone in Zwingli's apartment, she lures our ardent narrator to her bedroom: "I was still attempting to strip away the last mundane trappings from my goddess, when the Divinity Herself bent down, grasped her right stocking and drew forth a dagger".

He seemed reluctant, in fact, to interpret the Saint Laurent style, and so what the audience got (I saw the collection online, as I was not invited) were tightened-up pantsuits, blouses with frothy bows, fringed suede, floppy hats, caftans and other bohemian trappings from the late '60s and '70s.

Her trappings come from hip-hop: She was backed by a disc jockey, while two female dancers, deadpan in white sunglasses, flanked her with robotic, synchronized routines.

The spread and development of horse trappings recovered from this period, such as bits, strap junctions and terrets, have been used to indicate the withdrawal of ruling groups of Britons during the Roman conquest of Britain.

That the Soviets allowed any ornamentation was extraordinary, Bartlett notes, because fashion was wholly opposed to Marx's revolutionary practice, which was all about destroying whatever bourgeois trappings divided man from nature, and men from women.

The US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit heard arguments on Thursday in two cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to cut heat-trapping pollution from the country's coal-fired power plants.

"The observations highlight yet again how heat-trapping gases from human activities have upset the natural balance of our atmosphere and are a major contribution to climate change," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.