embellished

When I met Bal years ago in his studio, his characteristic flamboyance was evident in dazzling neon coloured silks embellished with intricate embroidery; sleek blouses and skirts along with taffeta skirts and netted blouses, in bright, warm and cool colours.

It was specific to Minhaj and went to great lengths to show that he embellished aspects of his personal life in some of his jokes.

The 7-foot-tall prop chair, molded from the original throne used onscreen, is painted plastic embellished with jewels and made to look like a dragon-forged chair made of “the swords of the vanquished, a thousand of them, melted together like so many candles,” Heritage Auctions said.

The 400 swings Betts claimed to take in the batting cage last week might have been somewhat embellished.

His long criminal record was never in dispute, but it’s easy to suspect he embellished some of his outlaw exploits.