trumpery

IPA: trˈʌmpɝi

Examples of "trumpery" in Sentences

A most trumpery affair brought matters to a head.
He's a man you could tell anything to except something trumpery .
Perhaps these things have been done 'for years' without all the trumpery.
I wonder ---- But I suppose Floyd will save the rest of his 'trumpery' for her!
"trumpery," and so supplement the idea of worthlessness with that other idea, equally grateful to the author, of deceit.
In the country, indeed, one is obliged to take up with all kind of trumpery; but in town I visit none but the women of quality.
"What trumpery is this?" he inquired, superciliously, noticing it almost immediately, and grasping the significance of it as promptly.
The dinner which followed this unhappy beginning of the evening was as dismal and constrained as if poor "trumpery" were still present.
In the country, indeed, one is obliged to take up with all kind of trumpery; but in town I visit none but the women of women of quality.
Now, when a story is recited, that is, when it is treated as a dramatic performance, this kind of trumpery is permissible, if ill-advised.
Henry had a contempt for all finery, and had called even his aunt's jewels, when they were first shown to him, "trumpery," asking "what they were good for?"
To describe all the trumpery which is immediately around it, in the original, would be a waste of time; but below are two good figures to the right, and two wretched ones to the left.