1
: a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
2
: a small article of equipment
3
: a thing of little value : trifle
Examples of trinket in a Sentence
the top of his desk was littered with trinkets that were collected as souvenirs from various vacations
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The top tier has a 40-inch-wide surface area, which is large enough to place magazines and trinkets on one side and a tray with snacks and drinks on the other for entertaining.
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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The rooms, which guests enter through covered porches, are minimalist with trinkets from the building's past life, like pictures and programs from the school’s glory days.
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This cute little trinket dish helps Mom keep track of the tiny stuff—rings, earrings, or that one rogue hair tie.
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The store straddles a mood between Californian cool and British rock-star lair, with eyewear displayed amid vintage books and charming trinkets, like a ceramic cigar-smoking Winston Churchill.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
The rooms, which guests enter through covered porches, are minimalist with trinkets from the building's past life, like pictures and programs from the school’s glory days.
—Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2025
This cute little trinket dish helps Mom keep track of the tiny stuff—rings, earrings, or that one rogue hair tie.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trinket
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“Trinket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trinket. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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trinket
noun
trin·ket
ˈtriŋ-kət 
1
: a small ornament (as a jewel or ring)
2
: a thing of little value
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