as in decorates
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks
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Recent Examples of adorns
The footwear brand says Blahnik adorns his sleek styles in timeless dogtooth fabrication and delicate mesh polka dot, inspired by Lady Heathcoat-Amory, a golfer originally named Joyce Wethered.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The players on the floor Las Vegas Wilson adorns the marquee.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her name itself now adorns a street sign outside her old high school in Midwood, an elementary school in Washington State, and the Brooklyn Borough municipal building (a Bill de Blasio move, made days after Cuomo’s).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
From the cool, dank blue-gray tones of Maria’s basement to the clever signage that adorns the schoolroom walls, the production mechanics work to pull viewers further into this high stakes character study.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The traditional farmhouse decor that adorns this space can be found at a local craft store, flea market, or secondhand shop.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
As for transcendence, there’s a set of scenes when one character unexpectedly adorns red while another lines of blue.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The players on the floor Las Vegas Wilson adorns the marquee.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her name itself now adorns a street sign outside her old high school in Midwood, an elementary school in Washington State, and the Brooklyn Borough municipal building (a Bill de Blasio move, made days after Cuomo’s).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
From the cool, dank blue-gray tones of Maria’s basement to the clever signage that adorns the schoolroom walls, the production mechanics work to pull viewers further into this high stakes character study.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The traditional farmhouse decor that adorns this space can be found at a local craft store, flea market, or secondhand shop.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
As for transcendence, there’s a set of scenes when one character unexpectedly adorns red while another lines of blue.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adorns
decorates
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The mural decorates the north side of the building facing Oak Middle School.—
Jeff Gritchen,
Oc Register,
29 Sep. 2025
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Her husband sold some of the rare Stephen King memorabilia that decorates their home.—
Kate Snow,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Adorns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adorns. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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