adorns

present tense third-person singular of adorn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adorns 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
Verb
  • The mural decorates the north side of the building facing Oak Middle School.
    Jeff Gritchen, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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