beautify

Example Sentences

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The civic authority has announced a "street wall painting competition" for Sunday, inviting artists to come help beautify the city.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

White House spokesman Davis Ingle said, “President Trump has full legal authority to modernize, renovate, and beautify the White House—just like all of his predecessors did.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Mayor Karen Bass recently unveiled a citywide initiative called “Shine L.A.” that encourages volunteers to beautify the city with clean-ups and tree plantings ahead of next year’s World Cup and the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, a nonprofit intended to beautify the city’s once-industrial waterfront, had more than $100 million in assets, and tens of millions more flowing in annually from government and private donors.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Their purpose, as the name suggests, is to beautify the useful—an important and valued end, but limited in comparison to art pure and simple.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson