adorn

Example Sentences

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For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

And I feel like it’s a trap a lot of actors fall into, is thinking they’re not enough and you have to adorn a performance to be really seen or heard or impress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Blue ribbons symbolising the victims adorn the airport, while letters remembering the dead line the stairways.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

At AC Milan's Milanello training base images of club legends adorn the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Flower boxes adorn the windows, foaming over with geraniums.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr