embellish
Example Sentences
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A total of 13 other witnesses used to support the prosecution case have now told the BBC the police pressured them to embellish their statements or lie in court.
From BBC
The entire property became a canvas for Pratt’s insatiable artistic impulses, embellished everywhere with paintings and little installations.
“The story of how it got on a monitor lizard’s knee has been embellished and spun for so many generations, who really knows what the truth is anymore?”
From Literature
The sleeves of her deep red dress were bell-shaped and flowing, the rich fabric embellished with golden trim.
From Literature
She has created large canvases, embellished formal gloves and a gown, and—most shockingly—a decorated taxidermied goat covered in a menagerie of stitched animals, including a mischievous red-winged blackbird and a cheery possum.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
