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View definitions for embellishing

embellishing

adjective as in decorative

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Example Sentences

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

One day, Almodóvar discovered that his mother was embellishing, even fabricating, what was in them.

And towards the end, we just had this amazing energy between us, me and Jefferson, just going again, again and again, and embellishing the moves.

From Salon

Scarves, a recurring favorite of Chiuri’s, were ubiquitous for fall, and were in the program notes heralded as “protective, enveloping, and embellishing as required” for a free and worldly woman.

However, the comedian’s reputation took a hit last year after a September New Yorker profile accused him of embellishing some details from his stand-up sets, embellishments that he later argued were rooted in “emotional truth.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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