embellishment
Example Sentences
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Embellishment is hallmark of gospel, as it had been of 17th, 18th and 19th century opera — the era when gospel developed.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018
Embellishment aside, this is what succession planners call “institutional knowledge.”
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 16, 2014
Embellishment and flopping were dismissed with scorn when several players discussed drawing penalties.
From Washington Post
The most topical was a book called Judaism Without Embellishment, published last year by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
From Time Magazine Archive
Embellishment for its own sake is the easiest and commonest sin against good art wherever art becomes self-conscious.
From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington
Vocabulary lists containing embellishment
Just Mercy
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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The Night Circus
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