embellishing

Example Sentences

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The reason is that the sport’s fancy new automated ball-strike system couldn’t function without it—which means that the days of players embellishing their heights for posterity are officially over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Pierre et Gilles created the painting in 2023, by first taking a photo of Smith posing before then hand painting and embellishing the image.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

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.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

In basketball, there’s the player falling down and embellishing a charging foul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

But when telling Augustus Waters, I painted the rosiest possible picture, embellishing the miraculousness of the miracle.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green