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ornament

[awr-nuh-muhnt, awr-nuh-ment, -muhnt] / ˈɔr nə mənt, ˈɔr nəˌmɛnt, -mənt /




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A rare marble sculpture could fetch up to £18,000 at auction after it spent more than seven decades sitting outside, mistaken for a garden ornament.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On the fourth anniversary of her son's death, on Wednesday, she plans to place an new ornament in his memorial garden at her home, where she likes to sit and chat with him.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The most meaningful one for her was an ornament workshop attended by several victims of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Anne Laband brings back a little something from every trip and turns it into a Christmas ornament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

He pierced the paper onto the nail that held the ornament Beto and Cari had made him.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Architect William Van Alen modelled the eagle gargoyles on hood ornaments found on the 1929 Chrysler car.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The US could reduce tariffs on 77 categories of Chinese goods including fireworks, Christmas ornaments, household goods and sports equipment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Saleh sometimes leads painting workshops where participants can decorate items like ornaments and lampshades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Legions of travelers take joy in collecting everything from magnets to shot glasses to ornaments to remember their trips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Josh handed up more ornaments with an extended pincer tool, and I snagged them on the branches.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

The show begins with an extensive selection of luxury astrolabes, a technical instrument of engraved and ornamented metal plates and dials used for timekeeping, astronomy and navigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

The title track opens the bilingual album, launching with RM repeating the album’s title over and over again in a deep, almost militaristic cadence — before exploding into asymmetrical production ornamented by his gothic baritone.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

Crowds of 20-somethings spilled out of the homey restaurant in Manhattan’s Koreatown, where steam billowed from stone bowls of soondubu jigae in a dining room ornamented with paper lanterns and musical instruments.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

The main thing, though, was that tooled-leather Western saddle he toted, which like I said was ornamented with silver.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Even as she sings about desperation and uncertainty, on “30” Adele’s voice is more supple and purposeful than ever, articulating every consonant and constantly ornamenting her melodies without distracting from them.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

When ornamenting the glass after the beverage is assembled, Thomas wrote, “It is necessary to display some taste.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2016

I wandered in behind a truck spraying water to suppress the dust and soon encountered Jim Holbrook, 65, who was ornamenting his English bulldog with sunglasses and a tiara of devil’s horns.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2015

Borders can be used in other unexpected ways, too, from edging flat picture frames and ornamenting mats to trimming stair treads and pelmets.

From Architectural Digest ● Aug. 8, 2014

Otto reproduced a number of the tattoos ornamenting the subject’s overmuscled chest, arms, and small and calloused but girlish hands.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote


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