Definition of EMBELLISHMENT

Examples of embellishment in a Sentence

a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section

Recent Examples on the Web The Night Angel has a pink and purple costume with gold embellishments, including big wings, a pink feather headpiece, and long, painted nails on her gloves. — Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, "Who Is Night Angel on 'The Masked Singer'? Fans Are Convinced They Already Know," 11 Mar. 2020 There are no cutting-edge embellishments here, just a quality version of a traditional dish, arriving at the table with its central crater full of whole chickpeas in a pool of high quality Lebanese olive oil. — Mark Kurlyandchik, Freep.com, "Leila is the 2020 Detroit Free Press Restaurant of the Year," 14 Feb. 2020 The building included cutting-edge photo studios, audio studios for greeting card recordings, artist workshop spaces, a 10,000-volume reference library, a room for ribbons, buttons and other embellishments, and coffee lounges. — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, "2016, the year the Cavs won the championship and the RNC came to CLE: Biggest stories of the 2010s," 23 Dec. 2019 Delaware's senator for 36 years has made several misstatements or embellishments during his 2020 bid for the White House. — Dominick Mastrangelo, Washington Examiner, "'You know, the thing': Biden botches Declaration of Independence quote during campaign stop," 2 Mar. 2020 Choose one designed by Dee’s custom hat designers or gather feathers, florals, netting, ribbon and other embellishments and create your own masterpiece. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "Your guide to Kentucky Derby 2020 trends: Where to find hats, sales and fashion inspiration," 27 Feb. 2020 Within days and weeks of the event, the heroic story began to circulate and each storyteller added embellishments. — Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, "Smithsonian Curators Help Rescue the Truth From These Popular Myths," 21 Feb. 2020 To give it that extra Euphoria-esque oomph, the pieces were adorned by elastic wrap-around detailing, peekaboo G-string straps, and rhinestone embellishments. — Laura Pitcher, Teen Vogue, "Kendall Jenner’s Latest Outfit Is Straight out of Euphoria," 11 Feb. 2020 Arvidsson, who hit the deck, earned an embellishment penalty. — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "Observations from the Bruins’ win in Nashville," 7 Jan. 2020

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