embellishing

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Embellishing a song may be a way for him to stand out.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Embellishing classic dance tunes with orchestral arrangements, the show was such a hit that it spawned a series of albums and tours with Jules Buckley's Heritage Orchestra.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2021

Embellishing Moller’s jangly psychological study with Los Angeles color, the director Antoine Fuqua and his screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto have amped the original film’s energy a smidge and marginally widened its perspective.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Embellishing his landscapes, he painted billboards and altered the street signs.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

From these few Principles, thus laid down, it will be easie to prove, that the true Art of assisting Beauty consists in Embellishing the whole Person by the proper Ornaments of virtuous and commendable Qualities.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph