as in ornamental
serving to add beauty
a necklace of decorative flowers was planted along the path to the cottage
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Recent Examples of decorative
The restaurant is painted an earthy green with red decorative lanterns hanging from the ceiling.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
The columns that will support the ballroom’s south colonnade have Corinthian capitals, the most ornate type of decorative top for a column.
—Kevin D. Murphy, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The exhibition derives much of its force from this sense of unrealized potential, underscoring how Noguchi resisted treating his work as merely decorative.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Best Wayfair Patio Décor Deals Often, a small decorative touch, like an umbrella or an outdoor rug, pulls a space together without the need to add more furniture.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
The columns that will support the ballroom’s south colonnade have Corinthian capitals, the most ornate type of decorative top for a column.
—Kevin D. Murphy, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The exhibition derives much of its force from this sense of unrealized potential, underscoring how Noguchi resisted treating his work as merely decorative.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Best Wayfair Patio Décor Deals Often, a small decorative touch, like an umbrella or an outdoor rug, pulls a space together without the need to add more furniture.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for decorative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorative
ornamental
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Those features slowly come into focus beyond its towering red brick facade that is punctuated by Dutch gabling, an ornamental frieze, and eye-catching ironwork.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 2026
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Postmodernism reintroduced that playful, ornamental, whimsical design to everything from homes to shoes to pop culture.—
Jerald “Coop” Cooper,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Decorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorative. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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