embellishment
noun
em·bel·lish·ment
im-ˈbe-lish-mənt 
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
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Pittsburgh head coach Dan Muse and Crosby both disagreed with the embellishment penalty after the game.
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The rooms The impact of hewn rock, slate, scented Himalayan cedar and pine needs no embellishment in the seven pavilions, whose picture windows are best angled to catch the changing light on Nanda Devi and the Panchachuli peaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
During the broadcast, it was revealed that this was Crosby's first-ever penalty for embellishment.
—Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
At Palenque, a Brooklyn restaurant devoted to Colombian home cooking, changua arrives without embellishment, made either with dairy or, more unexpectedly, with oat milk.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The rooms The impact of hewn rock, slate, scented Himalayan cedar and pine needs no embellishment in the seven pavilions, whose picture windows are best angled to catch the changing light on Nanda Devi and the Panchachuli peaks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
During the broadcast, it was revealed that this was Crosby's first-ever penalty for embellishment.
—Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
At Palenque, a Brooklyn restaurant devoted to Colombian home cooking, changua arrives without embellishment, made either with dairy or, more unexpectedly, with oat milk.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for embellishment
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“Embellishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embellishment. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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