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Scallops and cross-hatches festoon part of the home’s cladding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

This spring, billions of cicadas across the eastern half of the U.S. will emerge from their multiyear slumber to festoon the trees and sing their loud songs.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2024

Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

On Sado Island itself, where banners and posters celebrating the World Heritage nomination festoon warehouses and shop windows, residents say any debate about Korean laborers is beside the point.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

We eat our lunches in the chilly dimly lit cellar of the school- house, where we sit in supervised rows on long scarred wooden benches under a festoon of heating pipes.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Since early Thursday, BNP backers started gathering in the capital, plastering the streets with banners and festoons bearing images of Rahman.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

As the newlyweds proceed through a valley of thatched roofs, a Moctezuma impersonator festoons himself in palm leaves while acrobats brave the upside-down “palo volador” swing and dancers gyrate in riotous native dress.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

AA memorabilia festoons the largest meeting room in Wilson House, a hotel built in the mid-1800s.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020

Best wallpaper: The glorious peacock pattern that festoons the walls of Amy Schumer’s character’s apartment in “I Feel Pretty.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2019

It was made of granite for strength and massiveness, but like so many other things in Iofur’s palace, it was decorated with overelaborate swags and festoons of gilt that looked like tinsel on a mountainside.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

A block later I hobbled past the Justice Department, its facade festooned with a giant banner of Trump’s face.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Yellow ribbons festooned some nearby trees, and an offering of flowers, many fresh from the stream of new visitors, was heaped near Guthrie’s mailbox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

The recruitment website is jazzy, awash with pictures of happy young workers, and festooned with upbeat mini-slogans such as "insane speed", "infinite curiosity" and "customer obsession".

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

And he hurriedly hooked down a long string of the sausages that were festooned across the shop.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

She also stood on a bench in a pink wedding cake of a dress, with guitar-shaped cutouts festooning her arms, posing like a surrealist’s conception of a religious icon.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

You could see it reflected in the diverse faces of the audience, the fashions festooning the lobby, the programs listing the all-star, almost all-Black cast.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021

This time around, many of the arrangements feel more fully baked into the songwriting, as opposed to festooning synths to straight-ahead guitar rockers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

In two caves, researchers previously documented tens of thousands of bat bones festooning the floors and walls.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2017

As they approached, they could see tier upon tier of lights festooning the Mile-High Macllwaine.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer