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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But this was a warrior king who had all the trappings but little of the reality of war.
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Freed from the trappings of conventional morality, Van Ness is at liberty to invent his own.
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I had the trappings of success, of social acceptability.
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Such companies are leaving the traditional trappings of corporate existence behind.
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The trappings of prominent elected offices do not shield the occupants from the challenges, temptations and failures of daily life.
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The large Palace library, Victorian in its solid mahogany trappings , was lightly clad with the Bishop's books.
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The rescue was launched early Friday with all the trappings of a crack military operation.