ornateness

Example Sentences

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It was about simplicity, in contrast to the excessive ornateness of the Victorian interior—but also about a sort of a pride in America, the American past.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2021

Two long aisles are chock-full of 125-pound cash registers, which have varying degrees of ornateness.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2019

We want to take a little bit of the decorative ornateness we have on the second floor and bring it down to the lobby, but still be simple.

From New York Times • May 6, 2015

“It was very ornate,” says Burrows, “and we took the ornateness out.”

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 1, 2010

Or was it mainly a compulsion to dress, with little effort, a lackluster material that seemed stark and cold to Victorians accustomed to the ornateness being achieved elsewhere with the jigsaw and wood?

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.