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bedeck

[bih-dek] / bɪˈdɛk /


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With the magic of a clear glue varnish such as Modge Podge, you can bedeck everything from glassware, votives, pottery, frames, coasters and serving trays to handmade stationery or cards with your dried blossoms.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

So attention seemed merited by a 64-degree day when spring is in the air, fully formed blossoms bedeck the trees, and a weekend awaits us.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022

Tents have been erected around Obama’s property and chairs and couches bedeck his spacious lawn for the last of the months-long preparations, according to the Mail.

From Fox News ● Aug. 7, 2021

Meaning no disrespect to "The Good Wife," "The Americans," "Top of the Lake," "Scandal" or any of the other dramas on that Metacritic lists, many of which I would bedeck with superlatives myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2014

Many thighbones he burned on the gods’ altars and many a woven and golden ornament hung to bedeck them, in his satisfaction; he had not thought life held such glory for him.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Hilberath said her tiny home is not big enough for her Christmas tree which instead bedecks the terrace but she was still grateful for the people who had helped put a roof over her head.

From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2021

Save for a blip of a scene from “Thriller,” no official footage of music videos that might ignite a mote of nostalgia bedecks its architecture.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2019

Her distinctive crest, two facing T’s that resemble a medieval cross, bedecks ballet flats from Manhasset to Myanmar; her signature caftans billow above thousands of tummies; the vice president’s wife carries one of her handbags.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011

Moku-hali'i is the one who bedecks the island.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

That is, pride bedecks herself, and the devil despoils.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

And despite her middle-class upbringing, some see Lagarde as an elitist, often bedecked in Chanel and carrying bags from Hermès or Louis Vuitton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

There was even a guard of honour with team-mates bedecked in kilts.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

That day, the skater -- whose Telegram channel has almost 150,000 subscribers -- posted a photo of herself in a room bedecked with pink-and-white bouquets.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Style: Dylan performed in mime makeup and a broad-brimmed hat bedecked in flowers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Is it bedecked in glitterin’jewelry you think I am?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

It was a show of tradition as the procession approached the castle, with the bright flag bedecking the late queen’s coffin standing out amid the more somber tones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

At “puffy white,” the blossoms seemed pale globes bedecking trees and branches.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022

“The Abolitionists hoped that bedecking slaves in Union blue and enlisting us in a fight for our own freedom would make men of us,” Etheridge says.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022

This goes some way to explain those famous collars bedecking the otherwise sober, black judicial robes.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018

Nor were the two ladies behind-hand, I ween, at the bedecking.

From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden


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