ornate

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The bird uses this ornate tail to attract mates, yet its forest habitat has been eroded by population growth, farming, and logging, leaving it confined to a small area of the northern Andes.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The ornate astronomical clock that sits on the ancient Old Town Hall was finished in the 15th.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

“It was a very ornate button and that seems small to someone but not to the owner,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

In front of Moscow's ornate Bolshoi Theatre, its soft yellow lights illuminating a snowstorm in the Russian capital, Valentina Ivakina had come to "escape today's problems".

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The house was indeed Elizabethan, with wooden panels along the corridors, ornate chandeliers, and oil paintings of old bearded men in tunics and ruffs.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz