- present participle of decorate.
decorating
Example Sentences
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The pregnancy had been far enough along to start getting their 4-year-old daughter excited about decorating a nursery, family-of-four camping trips and what it would mean to become a big sister.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
The 31-year-old from Arizona, who is attending Coachella for the fifth time, tells me "half the fun" of car camping is "all the decorating and having a cool place to come back to".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The event was attended by about 100 people, with funeral wreaths of white flowers decorating the area.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
“And then Emerald would come up with a platter of jewels and start decorating me like a Christmas tree.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
They were quarreling and decorating and cleaning up after big meals, tipsy from mulled wine, watching uplifting old movies.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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