ornateness

Example Sentences

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It was about simplicity, in contrast to the excessive ornateness of the Victorian interior—but also about a sort of a pride in America, the American past.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2021

That ornateness is perfectly suited to “Once on This Island,” a fable of love and death and temperamental gods set in the French Antilles.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2017

“It was very ornate,” says Burrows, “and we took the ornateness out.”

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 1, 2010

Mr. Rossi and Mr. Glass shared one piano keyboard for “The Chase,” which had the ornateness of ragtime and old silent-movie accompaniment.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2010

Had the man, with the "little learning" that is dangerous, attempted embellishment or applied ornament, he would have spoiled the effect; for ornateness would have been out of place.

From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge