ornateness
Example Sentences
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It was about simplicity, in contrast to the excessive ornateness of the Victorian interior—but also about a sort of a pride in America, the American past.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2021
Two long aisles are chock-full of 125-pound cash registers, which have varying degrees of ornateness.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2019
That ornateness is perfectly suited to “Once on This Island,” a fable of love and death and temperamental gods set in the French Antilles.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2017
“It was very ornate,” says Burrows, “and we took the ornateness out.”
From Architectural Digest • Apr. 1, 2010
Some of the extra-illuminated books of this period are among the most beautiful printed books ever issued in their ornateness.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
