adornments

Example Sentences

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But the lack of adornments helps us see Tom laid bare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

What follows will touch on religious and mystical iconography — we’ll meet three lantern-carrying masked figures, for instance, with exaggerated, regal adornments as they herald a birth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

Two bird adornments made to look like they're sipping from the fountain flit about her shoulders, really driving home her Disney princess status.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

In the Carta Marina, sea monsters weren’t just decorative adornments, as they were in other maps throughout the Renaissance.

From National Geographic • Dec. 28, 2023

Underneath, he wore common clothes—a buttoned shirt, a cravat, and a waistcoat draped with a silver chain and fob—and uncommon adornments.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros