adorn

“That picture was made, not to conceal, or destroy the apple; but to adorn, and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple—not the apple for the picture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The sign saying “Use of this technology is optional,” adorn the security checkpoint entrances.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Awards for outstanding cuisine adorn Rozafa's shelves and pictures of famous diners, including Priscilla Presley and Boris Johnson, line its walls.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Not one to adorn an opinion, Jerry G. nodded.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

George Yount, whose name adorns Yountville, wrote of seeing 50 or 60 bears one day, and killing five or six of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Chavez’s name also adorns buildings and departments across California college campuses, especially those focused on Latino communities, Chicano studies and labor studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Through my contacts, a virtual layer of bright colors adorns the buildings, painting each one in the colors of their respective team.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

But all of that changed with “Yesterday,” which Martin adorned with a string quartet.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

An annual dating wrapped party, where dozens of friends gather to see her yearly stats and snack on cupcakes adorned with cutouts of her exes’ faces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The Daily Telegraph features a photograph of Spain's team adorned in medals and holding the World Cup aloft, alongside a story that highlights the incoming prime minister's plan for a "new era of big state".

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

An old recording studio, still adorned with a grand piano, now exists more as a lounging space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

They had all just arrived in Florida the night before, and that morning, at ten a.m., fifty beaming girls in outfits adorned with something emblematic of their states had boarded the plane.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

There are no betting odds adorning the scrolling scoreboard.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026

An attempt to impress the Chairwoman by adorning a space at the club in colonial chic backfires.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

"Unbelievable statues, come and look at them," said the 79-year-old Republican as he admired two new figures adorning the Rose Garden.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

And of course it wouldn't be Fashion Week without some more outlandish outfits, adorning some stylish star names.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

The immense war helmet he wore had the plumes of a blackbird and the horns of a stag beetle adorning it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques