bedecked
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The 30-year-old curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario had been scrutinizing a portrait of a young Black woman bedecked in jewels and wearing a shimmering blue gown with pearls around her neck and wrists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Matt Gibson, 52, moors his sage-green houseboat, bedecked with plants, on the Regent's Canal near central London.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The Panshanger Community Centre in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, was bedecked with Union flag bunting and plastic chairs.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The coffin, bedecked with flowers, was opened at a pavilion in the cemetery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
The members of the ensemble that plays odd but melodic and danceable tunes in the ballroom are bedecked in suits of red velvet.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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