Example sentences for: trinkets

How can you use “trinkets” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The New York Times leads with the arrest of seven Mexican immigrants on charges of smuggling into this country and then virtually enslaving dozens of deaf Mexicans selling trinkets in the New York City subways.

  • La Rambla itself relies on a heavy tourist trade in trinkets, such as bullfight posters plastered with your name as the featured matador, leather (or plastic) wineskins called botas, and their glass relative, the porrón; imitation Toledo steel with the engraving painted on; imitation dueling pistols; and tawdry sex-shop toys.

  • So sporting was the U.S. team, notes the LAT , that it handed its opponents not only trinkets of goodwill, but also the match itself.

  • The Shuar--who are to headshrinking what the Amish are to quilting--were transforming enemies into trinkets as recently as the 1950s.

  • However, you don’t need a large budget to buy trinkets, as there is a plethora of popular street jewelry for sale with leather, semi-precious stones, and crystals.


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