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adorn

[uh-dawrn] / əˈdɔrn /


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The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

His signature will soon adorn our paper currency — a presidential first — and his face will appear on coins.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Other amusements later, with song and harping that adorn a feast.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Go for a stroll through Trabzon on matchday and it is Salah's face which adorns everything.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

FlyDubai is the discount cousin to the United Arab Emirates’ prestige long-haul airline, Emirates, whose brand adorns stadiums and the jerseys of European soccer teams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Disney character adorns her golf bag and is her driver headcover, and her fans refer to themselves as the “Flying Dumbos.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Small red and yellow flowers and a trail of ivy spill out of the basket beneath them, and a tiny model of the medicine wheel on a spike adorns the center of the arrangement.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

They include a pair of Mamluk Egyptian wooden doors inlaid with camel bone, and a 13th-century mosaic from Turkey’s Seljuk dynasty that is adorned with Quranic verses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

The 'hated, adored, never ignored' mantra regularly appears on banners at Old Trafford, while the club even released a clothing range that adorned the slogan.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

"If the forest is destroyed, how are we going to live?" they shout, their faces adorned with paint.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mackie, known widely as the King of Camp, who adorned superstars including Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus with fringe and sparkles, died on Sept. 14 in Palm Springs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Ahead, he turned off the path and entered through the double doors of a massive building whose four corners were adorned with decorative cupolas.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

But then he saw it: a limited edition, three-wheeled Street Glide with a trio of ghostly eagles adorning its obsidian paint job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Larsen Marape and Menzie Yere were the heroes of his youth: the faces on the posters adorning his walls in Mount Hagen.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

The halls are lined with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, reflecting the light of chandeliers adorning the ceilings, while the doorways to each private karaoke room are painted in glittering gold.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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