decorative

Example Sentences

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“Gold retains its warm glow no matter what happens to it,” says John Stuart Gordon, the curator of American decorative arts at Yale, who is writing a book on gold in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, I inherited a mortgage, along with several guns, broken exercise equipment, cabinets full of expired pills and 34 decorative fish.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

"Traditionally we have decorative lighting and illuminations on Independence Day and other national days, but this time we will refrain from that, as part of the austerity measures," Ahmed told reporters.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

At the next group meeting it was suggested that the museum had accepted my work only because it was decorative and easy to swallow.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris