- present participle of embellish.
embellishing
Example Sentences
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The scandal erupted last month after some academics and media reports accused Arday of plagiarising parts of his doctoral thesis and embellishing his life achievements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The reason is that the sport’s fancy new automated ball-strike system couldn’t function without it—which means that the days of players embellishing their heights for posterity are officially over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Mr Clarke's barrister, Philip Williams, suggested she was embellishing the facts.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
The young nation was divided and newspapers and pamphlets hammered home the differences between the two men – in many cases embellishing those differences.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024
But when telling Augustus Waters, I painted the rosiest possible picture, embellishing the miraculousness of the miracle.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
