embellishing

Example Sentences

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The reason is that the sport’s fancy new automated ball-strike system couldn’t function without it—which means that the days of players embellishing their heights for posterity are officially over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Last year she was accused of embellishing it.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

One day, Almodóvar discovered that his mother was embellishing, even fabricating, what was in them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

And towards the end, we just had this amazing energy between us, me and Jefferson, just going again, again and again, and embellishing the moves.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

But when telling Augustus Waters, I painted the rosiest possible picture, embellishing the miraculousness of the miracle.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green