Examples of adornment in a Sentence
the adornment of the walls with her paintings
Her room doesn't have any unnecessary adornments.
The entrance to the building has little adornment.
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Sharp antennae point skyward as feathers of adornment.
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Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Flavorful heirloom tomatoes don't need much adornment to shine.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
Sharp antennae point skyward as feathers of adornment.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Brown and her creative team have gotten caught up in adornment without capturing a deeper undertow that strings it all together.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for adornment
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“Adornment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adornment. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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adornment
noun
adorn·ment
ə-ˈdȯrn-mənt 
1
: the action of adorning : the state of being adorned
2
: something that adorns
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