Words similar to paraphernalia
Example sentences for: paraphernalia
How can you use “paraphernalia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
In various surveys conducted by dictionary publishers over the past years, it has emerged that the main use to which people put dictionaries is to find the correct spelling of a word; the next most frequent use is to determine the meaning of a word; determination of pronunciaton, etymology, synonyms, usage notes, and any other paraphernalia offered comes low on the list.
The Maritime Museum in the old courthouse on Bastion Square contains some fine models and navigational paraphernalia of the merchant ships of yore — whalers, steamers, and old Hudson’s Bay paddle-wheelers.
Visitors then step inside the 75-ft- (23-m-) long vessel to examine the paraphernalia of the pirate’s trade that line the corridors and decks.
The scenery was not always breathtaking, so a new word game (verbal, no paraphernalia) was needed to keep us awake.
The differences are hard to discern, but no matter, for the book is a user-friendly excursion through the history of the language, with many good examples of loanwords, derivations, and other linguistic incunabula, curiosa, and paraphernalia interestingly presented in a lively fashion by a good writer.
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