How To Use Paraphernalia In A Sentence

A similar problem came up yesterday in reading a Boris Akunin story called Strast' i dolg Passion and duty, set in an alternate Russia which has revived tsardom, along with its Table of Ranks and all the rest of the imperial paraphernalia. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
All my fishing paraphernalia is in the car.
The Inspector, who was also at the meeting, urged anyone finding drugs paraphernalia, including burned tin foil and syringes, to contact the police straightaway.
There is the usual election paraphernalia around; dozens of billboard adverts and flyers posted on lamp-posts.
The blast yesterday ripped through crowds of pilgrims and vendors of food and religious paraphernalia. Times, Sunday Times

(they are catalogued for us, and placed in rows in the shop windows); we purchase _lachryma Christi_ by the dozen; and, for a few sous, may become possessed of the whole paraphernalia of the Holy Manger. Normandy Picturesque
Seriously: someone tell the kids enjoying the "suite life" that wearing Saints paraphernalia is not a crime. Your Right Hand Thief
We sell pots, gloves, seeds and other gardening paraphernalia.
By all accounts it was the usual huge success, with keen gardeners coming from all around to stock up on plants and gardening paraphernalia.
She proudly showed off the condoms, lubricant and standard paraphernalia before producing ‘the most important thing’ - a vaginal douche.
Our tents are filled with clothes, down jackets, sleeping bags, woollen gloves and socks, snow boots, and tonnes of packed cream - sun-block, moisturiser, lip balm and cleanser - as well as the routine climbing paraphernalia of ropes, crampons, harnesses, descendeurs and carabiners.
He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
Can administrators ban the distribution of underground newspapers that contain advertisements for drug paraphernalia?
The public don't necessarily want the paraphernalia of a full hearing.
Ever since, Mr. Move has had to label all Martha@ paraphernalia with a disclaimer: "This is in no way connected to or sponsored by the Martha Graham Entities. More of the Right Stuff
There is racing paraphernalia splattered everywhere including a racecard from the May Leopardstown meeting on the front of which the cigarette makers Players-Wills ‘wish all patrons good racing and good smoking’.
Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.
There are no sets, merely a bare stage with props comprised of the paraphernalia of a holiday - suitcases, beach rings, lilos, etc.
Walpole's more aristocratically-detached contemplation of Gothic paraphernalia is precisely what gave rise to the unprecedented amount of Gothic romances in the Haunted Britain in the 1970s
You shall perform a makeover of your cosmetics and skin care paraphernalia.
There was also in evidence picket poles, rods, chains and all the instrumental paraphernalia of field work.
Back in the 1990s a friend, tired of the usual fan's attempts to bring about victory for Middlesbrough using the paraphernalia of lucky clothing and the like and, to be honest, during the higgledy-piggledy reign of Bryan Robson even Imelda Marcos would have exhausted her wardrobe in pursuit of something that would halt a post‑Christmas slump, determined on what appeared a foolproof scheme – a retrospectively effective charm. The winning secret of Sir Alex Ferguson's lucky underpants | Harry Pearson
These SWAT teams carry out roughly 50,000 no-knock raids every year in search of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. John W. Whitehead: America's Longest Ongoing War: The War on Drugs
But then, he was gaining in popularity, and what did it matter if his office was filled to overflowing with exotic paraphernalia, he was reaching that apex to which he had aspired, and the emolument was a mere bagatelle. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope
Idols of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana are worshipped in the main sanctum, which remains still neat and simple and unencumbered by temple paraphernalia.
She is very possessive of polar paraphernalia.
At any rate René, over his busy work in the lantern, whistled and hummed snatches of song with unwonted blithesomeness, and, after lighting the steady watch-light and securing all his paraphernalia with extra care, dallied some time longer than usual on the outer platform, striving to snatch through the driven wraith a glance of the distant lights of Pulwick. The Light of Scarthey
There is the usual election paraphernalia around; dozens of billboard adverts and flyers posted on lamp-posts.
Pipe and cigar smoking each have their own paraphernalia - pipe cases, pipe holders, pouches and tampers, used to mash down the burning tobacco in the bowl of the pipe.
On the bedside table is the paraphernalia of sickness: the pills and the potions, syringes, lubricants and swabs.
Various other equipment and military paraphernalia have been found in the area over the years.
The tall ranchman, clad in full cowboy paraphernalia, his extended legs encased in leathern "shaps" decorated with long fringes, his belt of rattlesnake-skin, his loose shirt showing Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book
There was also in evidence picket poles, rods, chains and all the instrumental paraphernalia of field work.
At the focus of the pueblo was a large plaza in which was a great kiva flanked by rectangular rooms, possibly storerooms for food and ritual paraphernalia.
In addition to boards, the collection, which has a modern Japanese artsy look, includes hoodie sweatshirts, tees, tanks, and skating paraphernalia.
The basic paraphernalia associated with a Mumbai beachside is in the Temple City, albeit for a limited period.
Despite all the tools and paraphernalia, many people feel that the most important ingredient is the Witch.
After all, the drugs, brain-scanners, bed linen, bedpans and other hospital paraphernalia are provided by private companies earning a profit, but there isn't anyone saying they should be banned from the NHS.
Every prominent scholar of nineteenth-century art planted himself in front of her, writing paraphernalia at hand.
I would contend a crucial first step in the fight against bigotry is to ban the vendors outside the grounds who sell the paraphernalia which causes most offense.
A vendor at the corner of Summer Street prepared an entire cartful of team paraphernalia. The King's Best Highway
The style is unfussy, with scuffed wood floors in the restaurant and bar, and nautical paraphernalia in the cosy lounge. Times, Sunday Times
It was Bert's private workshop, complete with a lathe and other skilled men's paraphernalia.
Bags of cocaine and all sorts of drug paraphernalia were seized at the airport.
During the raids police seized personal belongings, documents, drugs paraphernalia, a quantity of crack cocaine and a small amount of cannabis.
It's surrounded by parkland, fields, woods, horses, a cricket pitch and the paraphernalia of sports including archery targets near the track.
They carry data boards and briefcases and boxes filled with scientific paraphernalia.
The sight of a computer keyboard or a blank page gave me the same rush that drug addicts get from seeing their freebasing paraphernalia.
It was some time since any central men's houses had been built there, so it happened that these bachelor quarters also housed men's ritual paraphernalia such as secret gourd instruments, bullroarers, drums, and dance ornaments.
If a round of golf is a good walk spoiled, then lugging around a golfer's bag of clubs and assorted paraphernalia makes Sisyphus's task look like an easy-peasy ramble over the hills.
Men in scarlet ran in every direction, some shouldering muskets, others munitions and like paraphernalia.
Sometimes she would come out of the house, if the steps were very full, with her own sketching paraphernalia in her hands and say, ever so coyly: "May I scriggle through?" or ask the squatters on her own steps if they could find a little corner for her. Miss Mapp
It's a tricky enough business to perform this rustic comedy without the full paraphernalia of dancers, village musicians and tightrope walkers. Times, Sunday Times
The PHS shooting room does not supply the drugs, only clean paraphernalia and a place that people can take them safely and under loose supervision of trained counseling and nursing staff. Stanton Peele: Living and Dying With And Without Harm Reduction
At one event, a giant Christmas cracker had been lowered to the ground containing all manner of party paraphernalia including party balloons and hats.
Most of the paraphernalia we have come to associate with funerals today is of Victorian invention and aesthetic.
A ban on "occult goods" ( "Materials, goods or paraphernalia for use in satanic, sacrificial, or related practices") seems similarly troublesome. Boing Boing
Across from the car showrooms with gleaming Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, the 18th-century house – once home to former prime minister George Canning – is crammed, not just with books (120,000) but with manuscripts, correspondence, ranging from the famous to the obscure, illuminated miniatures and paraphernalia such as shipwrecked leather (for book binding) and Spanish civil war flags. A working life: The rare-book dealer
Can administrators ban the distribution of underground newspapers that contain advertisements for drug paraphernalia?
Items on auction include left over shop stock, fittings, computer equipment and other environmental paraphernalia.
The paraphernalia of security in Britain - the funny hats, silk stockings and bejewelled swords - are ancient symbols of open government.
In the display of so much experimental paraphernalia, there may have been a hint that Herbert's was a scientific nature craving rather quantity than quality; his collection certainly possessed the virtue of multitudinousness, if that be a virtue; and the birds in the neighbourhood must have been undergoing a great deal of disappointment. Gentle Julia
It has several gnarled trees, cactuses, oleanders, a crazy arrangement of pot plants, various graveside paraphernalia such as urns and framed photographs, and a rickety set of narrow pathways.
Since the restoration, and what may be called the disestablishment of Buddhism, the shrine of Iyeyasu has been shorn of all its glories of ritual and its magnificent Buddhist paraphernalia; the 200 priests who gave it splendour are scattered, and six Shinto priests alternately attend upon it as much for the purpose of selling tickets of admission as for any priestly duties. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
They ship the letter (along with sundry paraphernalia) via Overnight Delivery.
It's not spacious – the Leaf's about the size of a VW Golf – and with two child seats in the back and a pushchair in the boot, I had my knees up against the dashboard and no room for any luggage beyond buggy paraphernalia. The Nissan Leaf – a perfect use for that unwanted Christmas jumper
And thanks to Margaret and Sandy, I had found out which crib and carry-cot to buy, not to mention all the other baby paraphernalia. A Special Relationship
She also said that the committee’s online store, which sells inaugural paraphernalia, is doing a “robust” business, with 6,000 people having bought items ranging in price from $2 to $400. Bill Clinton Asks for Money for Obama Inauguration - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Through this, my dad slowly but surely built a reputation for quality and timely delivery of printed paraphernalia.
Rong specialists watch over a small ‘thunder house’ where ritual paraphernalia - especially bullroarers and special stones, sometimes too the jawbones of now departed ritual experts - are kept on a rack over a ritual fireplace.
They came swarming downstream, transports filled with palace servants and slaves and all their accoutrements and paraphernalia, barges laden with oxen and goats and chickens for the kitchens, gilded and gaily painted vessels bearing cargoes of palace furniture and treasure, of nobles and lesser creatures, all uncomfortably jumbled together in a most unseamanlike fashion. River God
Drug paraphernalia and empty wine bottles lay strewn among layers of rotting food, dirty cardboard boxes and stinking blankets.
Of course, no one could prove that, as he had all of the necessary ID, credit cards, and other paraphernalia.
We still have the human resources at all levels and we still have the equipment and paraphernalia for general elections.
‘The evidence of their possession is the rusting pitons, abseil slings and other paraphernalia which adorn the main ridge,’ he said.
Some concert-goers began throwing pop diva paraphernalia and chanting ‘fraud, fraud,’ the newspaper reported.
In August it is crammed with holidaymakers, and all the usual paraphernalia of a Mediterranean sunspot.
Just for fun the company has a chart tracking sales and, sure enough, Huckabee and McCain paraphernalia sales shot up before they took off in the polls and winning contests. The Thong Primary - Swampland - TIME.com
If you live a few miles out of town, have a car, do not have young children with pushchairs and other paraphernalia, and do not plan to make bulky purchases, Park and Ride is a very good option.
These SWAT teams carry out roughly 40,000-50,000 no-knock raids every year in search of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. John W. Whitehead: The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People
Police found cocaine and drug paraphernalia in the room.
Bright and spacious, the walls are filled with coffee paraphernalia and cult comic books, shiny model Vespas and even shinier real ones.
Lisa who also stocks paraphernalia such as bongs and pipes, sells between two and four kilos of mushrooms a week.
Well, you'd get a young family and the usual paraphernalia in. The Sun
If you collect clown paraphernalia, are you an antic collector?
The paraphernalia of security in Britain - the funny hats, silk stockings and bejewelled swords - are ancient symbols of open government.
The presiding deity is taken out on a caparisoned elephant accompanied by other pachyderms in full paraphernalia.
A party ensued, with marquees blasting out music and a market area selling drugs and festival paraphernalia such as glow sticks.
He looked around pointedly at the ritual paraphernalia which surrounded us.
I should have realized when I tabulated the survey results for a community event where peope received free books and paraphernalia from the organization, yet still had no idea who they were and what they did. When passion flames out. «
Since the restoration, and what may be called the disestablishment of Buddhism, the shrine of Iyeyasu has been shorn of all its glories of ritual and its magnificent Buddhist paraphernalia; the 200 priests who gave it splendour are scattered, and six Shinto priests alternately attend upon it as much for the purpose of selling tickets of admission as for any priestly duties. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
All the usual paraphernalia is thereheroic fight against odds, escape at the last moment, shots of galloping horses, love interest, comic relief. Boys' Weeklies
Meder's chest of paraphernalia was tucked under the edge of a cargo net, but it wasn't under the same net as it had been at midnight when the wizard went sternward to take over the watch. Lord of the Isles
The theatre and paraphernalia of church ritual were rejected, as was the distinction between clergy and laity.
He picks up his Kroger bag full of second-story work paraphernalia and scarpers.
Given the fact that most of this paraphernalia hearkens back to movies of yore, only a modern projection screen, like the ones in Vic's lecture theatres, seems out of place.
He often used it to hide Christmas presents or birthday paraphernalia, due to the fact she never seemed to remember where the cubby was.
Begrudgingly, the guru agreed and the priest left to collect the necessary paraphernalia.
Various other bits and pieces of paraphernalia or equipment in the process can be a source of infection for Hep-C as well.
The style is unfussy, with scuffed wood floors in the restaurant and bar, and nautical paraphernalia in the cosy lounge. Times, Sunday Times
There was no evidence adduced about finding any other drug paraphernalia, weapons, cellular telephones, or pagers.
Other rooms are all full of smoking paraphernalia, like cigar labels, snuffboxes, and pipes; ‘feminine’ articles, like handbags, fans, and combs; box-sized cutout paper theaters; and it goes on and on.
Abusers of typewriter correction fluid frequently are found with the paraphernalia of abuse around them and the chalky white of the fluid on their face and hands. 9 Definitive diagnosis of TCE intoxication is made by quantitative determination of the compound in the patient's blood, tissue or expired breath. Poison prevention for Delaware, Lehigh Valley, S.E. Pennsylvania
A UN flag and an Indian flag now form part of his paraphernalia in the travel kit.
In addition to the cannabis paraphernalia, they found a wrap of cocaine worth £30 in his bag.
The beauty of this show lies partly with the hilarious 1970s paraphernalia including sheepskin jackets and huge sunglasses. The Sun
Unluckily for his peace of mind, the young subaltern dressed at his father's house, and, not being used to the splendid paraphernalia of the Blues 'uniform, he omitted to put on his aiguillette. Collections and Recollections
The stores were decorated with bins of coffee beans, photos of coffee trees, and shelves of gleaming coffee paraphernalia.
Many of these restaurants will integrate paraphernalia from the history of the theater into their interior design. Cool Design In Culture Campus by AEQUO Studio
He'll no doubt be curious about what all the decorating is about and sniff, chew, or eat your Halloween paraphernalia. Brianne DiSylvester: How To Keep Your Dog Safe and Happy This Halloween
Avoiding any detailed examination of the life of the mind - not just its content but all the complex paraphernalia of professional intellectualism - takes care of the first difficulty.
The vibrant palette of beach paraphernalia, stripes on windbreaks and seaside rock translates with ease into kaleidoscopic designs in fused glass.
As the sign implies, they specialise in military antiques, ex-communist paraphernalia, old photos and a scattering of old tin-type toys.
Before another door in the wall to his left, opening onto a broad balcony, was a well-worn desk, covered with a blotter, a neat stack of parchments, inkwells, a small rack of reed pens, a small waterclock, and other paraphernalia.
Drug paraphernalia: light bulbs, glass straws (so-called 'lollies' or 'popeyes') Undefined
He had the winning good looks of a college quarterback in whiteface with all the paraphernalia of his trade hanging off him. FLOATING CITY
Around £2,000 cash was also found along with drug paraphernalia including scales and cutting boards.
Here the exotic accents are presented but they emerge and play chase with a whole palette of cut-glass avant-garde paraphernalia - both clamantly violent and dreamily disengaged.
Some nautical paraphernalia can find a genuinely useful second lease of life in the garden. Times, Sunday Times
Undaunted, local prosecutors decided to indict him for possession of drug paraphernalia.
It is dark, with low ceilings, crooked wooden floors, wonky bar stools and an array of nationalist paraphernalia on the walls.
You know you have seen them - those people who walk around wearing paraphernalia emblazoned with odd symbols like phi, sigma, and pi.
His concern lies particularly with young people - to whom vaping, with its colourful paraphernalia and tasty flavours, has been shown to appeal.
He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
They, in spite of the most expensive and elaborate defense paraphernalia of the US Government, feel defenseless.
The pathologist's assistant followed close behind her, with a trolley bearing all the paraphernalia of post-mortem revival: a tray of disposable surgical instruments; several racks of electronic equipment; an arterial pump fed from three glass tanks the size of water-coolers; and something resembling a hairnet made out of grey superconducting wire. Archive 2010-06-01
Before the modern paraphernalia, an old woman used to spend her summers at a shieling close to the summit.
It was the prospect of seeing her which, above all else, had lent, in anticipation, an altogether new radiance to the day when he should present himself in his home with the long-tasseled student cap on his head, the unnecessary "pinchers" on his nose, and with the other traditional paraphernalia of the Norwegian student. Tales From Two Hemispheres
The first version portrays him as parting the sea with a cycas leaf, the second adds soil enclosed in a wild kava leaf and a bamboo flute to the ritual paraphernalia of departure.
His home, a listed former tollhouse, is already full of marine paraphernalia. Times, Sunday Times
Both of my boys have been raised around computer paraphernalia and tools.
The factory is situated in a romantic garden and is full of nostalgic paraphernalia.
All manner of witch paraphernalia adorn the walls and bar - there are stained-glass witch windows and witches on broomsticks hanging from the ceilings.
Pro shooters walk around with those funny khaki vests with large pockets all over them stuffed with paraphernalia and lenses.
District, and Queen's Bench, through judges without a wig and gown to judges in full paraphernalia, and barristers and attorneys without end, before he encounters a Master in Chancery. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2
Only most incidents pass unreported because they occur away from the ground and the accompanying paraphernalia of cameras and notebooks.
Though these comforts are the paraphernalia associated with aristocrats, priority for the same assumes a logic.
As she waited for the meat to prepare, she skewered a lump of pale golden paraphernalia roasting at the fire.
a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
While toxicology hasn't been completed, the condition of the woman's body and surrounding drug paraphernalia make it likely she was killed by a heroin overdose.
Apart from the sponsor company's paraphernalia, there were big displays of chessboards.
The person who walked off with a hunting stand and related paraphernalia from a wooded area in Gambrills might have had a second thought if he knew who owned them: Sheriff Ronald S. Bateman. Hunters Robbing Hunters
Apart from the paraphernalia near the booth there was another aspect of the launch occurring on the large video screen in Federation Square proper.
The public don't necessarily want the paraphernalia of a full hearing.
Miniature saltwater systems shrink miles of life into a large aquarium, plus paraphernalia.
But it must go much farther than merely banning the sale of paramilitary paraphernalia near the club grounds.
All day tepee poles, lodge skins, dried meat, cooking utensils, and other paraphernalia from the abandoned Sioux village were stacked in huge piles and set afire.
The sight of a computer keyboard or a blank page gave me the same rush that drug addicts get from seeing their freebasing paraphernalia.
He yanked a chair out from under the table, plonking his keys and other paraphernalia down.
The style is unfussy, with scuffed wood floors in the restaurant and bar, and nautical paraphernalia in the cosy lounge. Times, Sunday Times
During the raid, police also seized drug paraphernalia, money and other items connected with the investigation.
When Larry was dying, his friends, one by one, trouped into his living room in Southampton, which had been converted into a hospital room with nurses and medical paraphernalia. Barbara Probst Solomon: Larry Rivers After Crossing His Delaware
Every prominent scholar of nineteenth-century art planted himself in front of her, writing paraphernalia at hand.
Can administrators ban the distribution of underground newspapers that contain advertisements for drug paraphernalia?
He spent the last six years of his life surrounded by drum machines, synths and the paraphernalia of rock stardom. Times, Sunday Times

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