Sentence examples for trappings on from inspiring English sources
While there are too many tacky gift shops on Main Street, it is easy to escape the tourist trappings on foot, by bike or even horse-drawn carriage.
That eloquence and pace -- reflecting a leisurely, meditative storytelling tradition -- may be more revealing of cultural difference than all the Indian trappings on view.
On the one hand, they no longer need men to support them, nor will they necessarily manage to achieve high status and its trappings on their partner's salary alone.
The elaborate trappings on the animals mixed historical adornment — knightly armor, feathered saddle blankets, fairy-tale jewels — with American symbols like the Stars and Stripes and bunched roses that resemble the Old Testament flowers in synagogue art.
Marvin Sylvor, the merry-go-round man who dotted parks in New York City with fanciful painted ponies and went on to help populate the rest of the world with galloping steeds, flying manes and sparkly gold trappings on more than 60 carousels, died on Wednesday in Miami.
Where the neighbouring Lyceum boasts a stained glass canopy and other ornate theatrical trappings on its elegant facade, the home of snooker looks comparatively squat, down at heel and own-brand with its big "CRUCIBLE" stamped in large grey letters across a white backdrop.
Shaking off the trappings of princessy femininity on one hand, on the other they still pretty up to lay honey traps for gullible men with money.
The Ramones arrived in 1974 with all the trappings of a put-on.
What made revisions difficult was the complexity of Mr. Lowery's design, which had the trappings of an outlaws-on-the-run story but was actually an intimate symphony of pictures, sounds and gestures.
To combat rampant tax evasion, the government plans to impose minimum taxes on trappings of wealth like luxury cars, vacation homes and boats.
But there are few trappings of celebrity on display: hangover aside, Alexander has no pretensions and a disarming down-to-earth charm.
