bedecked
Example Sentences
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Matt Gibson, 52, moors his sage-green houseboat, bedecked with plants, on the Regent's Canal near central London.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
But this year, her living room is an explosion of colour, bedecked with foil stars, tinsel and homemade paper chains and ribbon garlands.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
The coffin, bedecked with flowers, was opened at a pavilion in the cemetery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
Smudgy cartoonlike pastels coexisted with raw plaster works and jewel boxes bedecked elaborately with wool, glass, straight pins, knives and sometimes taxidermized birds — animistic objects that resembled little else being made in the 1960s.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Only moments before, the highest generals of the South African Defense Force and police, their chests bedecked with ribbons and medals from days gone by, saluted me and pledged their loyalty.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
