unadorned

Example Sentences

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In “Enchanted Escape,” we see her ostentatiously unadorned Sèvres porcelain plates and silverware for the royal toilette, a pink neoclassical armchair for resting after doing very little.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

His direct, unadorned vocals on 1961’s “You Better Move On” started an explosion of gospel-inflected Muscle Shoals pop, from Jimmy Hughes’s “Steal Away” to his cousin Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Obsessive gathering has led to Lang’s getting down to unadorned basics.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

I ended up going pretty retro and unadorned, ordering a grilled cheese and fries, but the grilled cheese happened to have a bacon jam on it.

From Salon • May 21, 2024

To his left sat Lady Dustin, clad as ever in black wool, severe in cut and unadorned.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin