adorn
Example Sentences
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Some Iranian embassies have yet to hang portraits of him even though images of Iran’s supreme leader typically adorn most rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
At AC Milan's Milanello training base images of club legends adorn the walls.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Smaller versions are also produced by the city's craftsmen and adorn lamp posts, office buildings and homes across the archipelago nation of 116 million which is home to Asia's largest Catholic population.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
You can go crazy with string lights to create an enchanted tree in your backyard or adorn it with some creepy critters — snakes, bats, spiders…you name it — to amp up the scare factor.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025
Stylized painting and sculpture existed only to teach religion and adorn cathedrals—the true masterpieces of the Middle Ages.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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