How to Use trinket in a Sentence

trinket

noun
  • Pair it with a trinket dish or bowl.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Use open shelving in your loft to store books, trinkets, and clothes.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Leave it out on the table year-round and fill it with trinkets or decor.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The same blue eye trinkets can be seen in countless tourist shops and street stalls.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • This room has all of my stuff in it — my books, my antiques, my trinkets.
    — Tiffany Hsu, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • The tribes aren’t taking them to have them as pets or as trinkets of some past thing.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Gift it alone as a sweet trinket or include it in a gift bundle.
    — Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Today those beads and trinkets are sitting in a bag in a spare room.
    — Joelle A. Murchison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
  • Others would create trinkets or works of art to be sold at craft fairs.
    — Steve Jagler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Just control that impulse to buy dozens and dozens of trinkets and cool stuff.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Some people like to bring home trinkets from their travels, which is great!
    — Marian Bull, GQ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • They're meant to hold teabags, but could also be trinket holders.
    — Annie O'Sullivan, Woman's Day, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Use this as a way to clear up space by putting your fave trinkets and objects on display.
    — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Come here to chat with an old friend and stare at the countless trinkets lining the shelves.
    — Molly Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
  • So like with flowers and photos and trinkets.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Give it to anyone who needs a cooler home for their keys, rings, trinkets, or spare change.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Palm trees and art galleries line the streets downtown, where tourists stop for trinkets and ice cream.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • To play, kids have to reach into the dragon’s belly for a trinket.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The trinket seller’s skin was dark and blotchy from exposure to sun and dust.
    — Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • But those trinkets come alive when worn by the actors, who are simply superb.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Across the gym, Kester helped a young boy stuff trinkets into a stocking.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Behind her, there’s a disco ball desk trinket among copies of her bestsellers.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Shipping these trinkets home seems to be the only workaround for out-of-state tourists.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The walls are dressed with trinkets, all antiques sourced from Puglian markets.
    — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The toys, treats and trinkets that went viral in 2025.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
  • See our picks for pleasant-feeling trinkets (and riffs on the theme), below.
    — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2018
  • A little bowl of trinkets sitting on your nightstand?
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Her daughters, ages 5 and 7, like to shop for trinkets at the vendors’ stands.
    — Emily Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2018
  • But for UConn, those may be future eBay trinkets.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That trophy, though, wasn’t just a memento or trinket.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 9 June 2026

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