ornament
Example Sentences
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Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
As she writes, carved surface ornament occupies a “space between architecture and sculpture” that has been neglected by historians of both disciplines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Chenoweth, who is as gleaming as a holiday ornament on Liberace’s Christmas tree, arrives at a canny balance of quixotic generosity and parvenu carelessness in her portrayal of a woman she refuses to lampoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
To begin with, the pair's practice focused on sleek, stripped-down buildings with little or no ornament, in which a structure's function was meant to dictate its form.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
It’s Grace Smeath, charmless and righteous, in shapeless, ageless clothing, dun in color; she is ringless and without ornament.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing ornament
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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