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Recent Examples of frippery At first, Valentín shows no interest in Molina’s frippery, but once he gets started on his detailed narration of the loopy movie plot, the political prisoner begins eagerly requesting further installments. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 But who has time for all of that frippery, anyway, when war’s a-comin’? Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 Dec. 2024 The British actor, almost as a counterpoint to the Nantucket frippery on display in the adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s chart-topping beach read, can now be found on the stage of the prestigious Almeida Theatre in Islington, North London. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024 None of the 95 rooms at this palatial property, which first opened in the 1860s, is the same, and the decor is an eccentric mishmash that combines every era since then, from Victorian fripperies to sinuously streamlined Art Nouveau. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for frippery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frippery
Noun
  • Rambin shared a behind-the-scenes look at the photoshoot on TikTok, which offered a glimpse of the couple's first look at one another in their wedding attire.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 July 2025
  • Their attire, then, must serve the purpose of comfort and professionalism.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Churchgoers that chilly April day weren't able to show off their Easter finery.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
  • Lots of fine, elaborate costume work on display this season, from the quick-change finery of The Picture of Dorian Gray to the spot-on tidy drudgery of ’70s-era Blackpool in The Hills of California.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Both aspired to some kind of soulful, intellectual seriousness at a moment when their work was pulling them toward mass appeal and triviality.
    Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
  • His reinstatement of Rose and Jackson is no exception: History has become an irrelevant triviality — ignored or, even better, forgotten.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Traditional makeup routines typically require actors to paint their faces red and white and spend time dressing in elaborate costumes and flashy headpieces.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
  • During the third annual Vandy Camp event in Malibu, Calif., last month, his wife Arlene Silver shared behind-the-scenes stories and recounted a dispute with legendary costume designer Colleen Atwood, 76, over the shoes her husband wore during his iconic dance.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Larry loomed very large in their lives for a long time, so there was definitely a lot of bravery that people showed in coming forward to tell their truth.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
  • To come forward takes an extreme amount of bravery.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • However, tariff-sensitive apparel prices increased 0.4%.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 July 2025
  • In addition, apparel prices declined 4% over the past year around the Valley, and prices for alcoholic beverages slipped 3.2%.
    Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Frippery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frippery. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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