festoon

Example Sentences

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Customers are paying them hundreds—sometimes thousands—of dollars to festoon their homes with gourds of every shape and size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

This spring, billions of cicadas across the eastern half of the U.S. will emerge from their multiyear slumber to festoon the trees and sing their loud songs.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2024

Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

And by plant, I mean play, adorn and festoon the landscape with seasonal compositions that echo colorful detailing on the house.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

“But I am not a fortune-teller,” he said, letting his head drop into a festoon of towel, and towelling away at his two ears.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens