adorned
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Giant red lanterns adorned the outdoor courtyard, and the guests inside treated themselves to food stalls akin to a Taiwanese night market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The website’s background is now adorned with a grid of T’s.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Gonzalez and her two friends also hit the town in dresses adorned with sequins and feathers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
"Thank god. That was really fun, I was really looking forward to this," Hodgkinson told the crowd, before being adorned with a golden crown as she took her place on a throne beside the track.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
She was walking with her mother, a bespectacled woman in a plum-purple dress, whose long, somber face was shadowed by a straw hat adorned with enough silk violets to plant a garden.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.