embellishment

Example Sentences

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We know embellishment is one of the biggest trends for next spring and summer - with extravagantly textured items also seen across many runways.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

This is war writing at its best, brutally and straightforwardly told because the events and deeds Sledge recounts require no embellishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

To some, they conjure ideas of haute cuisine fuss — dainty smears, baby food textures, or unnecessary embellishment.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

I have Ed Hardy on, a one-of-one with a rhinestone embellishment on the back, and I have a gold chain with Jesus on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

In these cases, race had been an embellishment, a façade tacked onto a superstructure of class.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson