beautify

Example Sentences

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The civic authority has announced a "street wall painting competition" for Sunday, inviting artists to come help beautify the city.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

“President Trump has full legal authority to modernize, renovate, and beautify the White House—just like all of his predecessors did,” the spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“He has been working and making money and helping people beautify their homes, creating beauty and order, and this must be so distressing,” Erde said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, a nonprofit intended to beautify the city’s once-industrial waterfront, had more than $100 million in assets, and tens of millions more flowing in annually from government and private donors.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson