adornment

Example Sentences

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In a series of essays, Kelleher investigates the darker sides to our adornments: the crushed-up beetles in our lipstick, the cow bones in our dishware.

From New York Times

Among the things she was known for was her collection of judicial collars, lace and beaded adornments she would wear over her robe.

From Seattle Times

The artwork, known as the Bay Lights, was installed in March 2013 as an adornment to the span often overshadowed by the nearby Golden Gate Bridge.

From New York Times

There have been plenty of Academy annals before, of course: detailed compendiums, official and not; glossy adornments for the coffee table; and at least one prose investigation of its increasingly byzantine fashion system.

From New York Times

Yet despite these myriad styles, this fall-winter collection remained a pared down affair — simply chic, and intentionally lacking in adornments and embellishments.

From Seattle Times