Inner life, it seems, was now considered more revealing than outer trappings.

Only the outer trappings showed it belonged to the Supreme Ruler.

Is it the abstract, formal structure of a piece, uncolored by outer trappings?

Nor one whose inner soul was so far at variance with his outer trappings.

Gandhi, because he had renounced the outer trappings, couldn't be grabbed anywhere in the usual places.

And he clearly hoped to turn the show into a profound parable for our time, however silly its outer trappings.

But these were just the outer trappings.

The style and outer trappings of a building were incidental.

Never happier than when he is on a set, Torn's approach to acting depends heavily on getting the outer trappings right.

The physical attraction between us had nothing to do with outer trappings.