adorn
Example Sentences
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For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The beetle, named for six gold spots that adorn its back, doesn’t fly far.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026
It will adorn luxury hotels and residences across the Middle East, Europe and the United States, where the Vietnam-based Jonathan Charles furniture company has largely shrugged off US President Donald Trump's tariffs.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
At AC Milan's Milanello training base images of club legends adorn the walls.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
The first art objects were created not to adorn the body or decorate the cavern but out of an attempt to control or appease natural forces.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
Vocabulary lists containing adorn
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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