ornament
Example Sentences
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Buried under the capital’s broad avenues, however, are a series of public spaces eschewing classical ornament yet achieving something rarer—a monumental and timeless civic dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
LeBron James is now a fancy hood ornament on a broken-down jalopy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Most of us have received at least one Christms present that missed the mark - a jumper that doesn't fit, a hideous ornament or a perfume you don't like.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
The sword at his hip is no ornament.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing ornament
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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