adornment
noun
adorn·ment
ə-ˈdȯrn-mənt 
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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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From twinkling lights to charming ornaments and everything in between, these holiday adornments promise to transform your home into a winter wonderland.
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Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
Originally worn as a sign of modesty and a symbol of good luck, the wedding day adornment is now seen by many brides as a means of adding an ethereal note to their nuptial ensemble.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
Mulvaney, who presented an award during the show and is nominated for breakout creator, wore a ruby red minidress designed with a center cutout topped with large bow adornment.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
Sips in Barcelona’s Eixample neighborhood specializes in craft cocktail theater, featuring lots of smoke and edible clouds, and geometric glassware topped with idiosyncratic adornments.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
The demo finds the song stripped of much of the adornment from the album version — including Tina Turner and the Ikettes’ vocals on the chorus — leaving only the basic instrumentation, and Zappa’s somehow more deranged recitation of the verses.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
For this workshop, Chamberlin brought straw flowers, roses, yarrow, thistle, statice and other delicate adornments.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
Whatever the case, Skelly’s star has thoroughly blasted through the usual limitations of plastic pumpkins, Styrofoam grave markers and other All Hallows adornments.
—Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
Mums are elaborate adornments typically worn by female students in a tradition across the South and Midwest that goes back more than a century.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
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Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
Originally worn as a sign of modesty and a symbol of good luck, the wedding day adornment is now seen by many brides as a means of adding an ethereal note to their nuptial ensemble.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
Mulvaney, who presented an award during the show and is nominated for breakout creator, wore a ruby red minidress designed with a center cutout topped with large bow adornment.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
Sips in Barcelona’s Eixample neighborhood specializes in craft cocktail theater, featuring lots of smoke and edible clouds, and geometric glassware topped with idiosyncratic adornments.
—Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
The demo finds the song stripped of much of the adornment from the album version — including Tina Turner and the Ikettes’ vocals on the chorus — leaving only the basic instrumentation, and Zappa’s somehow more deranged recitation of the verses.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
For this workshop, Chamberlin brought straw flowers, roses, yarrow, thistle, statice and other delicate adornments.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
Whatever the case, Skelly’s star has thoroughly blasted through the usual limitations of plastic pumpkins, Styrofoam grave markers and other All Hallows adornments.
—Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
Mums are elaborate adornments typically worn by female students in a tradition across the South and Midwest that goes back more than a century.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
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“Adornment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adornment. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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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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