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embellishing

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verb

present participle of embellish
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Recent Examples of embellishing
Verb
That calls for a little extra creativity from its mom — and the movie’s narrator (Emilia Clarke) — who wriggles her mandibles and gets to work embellishing upon what Dahl imagined. Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 One of the standout footwear styles presented by Dior was a mule with a dramatically oversized rosette embellishing the upper, coming in different colors including a pastel plaid. Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 The spread of banchan—side dishes that fill out a traditional Korean meal—that surrounds the central grill serves as a choose-your-own-adventure map for perfectly embellishing your meats of choice. Irene Yoo september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025 Inch by inch, the AI aids the person in embellishing the delusion. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 The sweater’s drop shoulder gives it a relaxed look, and the patch pockets on the pants are both practical and embellishing. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embellishing
Adjective
  • Whether placed there for decorative or storage purposes, items that sit on top of kitchen cabinets are typically left there for years, rarely cleaned, and often forgotten about.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Viewers were able to see the canine strolling along with their owner while on leash, before coming across the large decorative corpse bride.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the series, Gacy enjoyed talking about many of his accomplishments and exaggerating some of his stories.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Blumenthal apologized for exaggerating his military record in 2010 after an investigation by the New York Times.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Festivities also include face painting, sugar skull decorating and paper flower workshop along with a lowrider car show by the Callejeros de Encinitas Car Club, artist demonstrations, vendors and food truck.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a new career retrospective interview with The Guardian, Curry, who played the concierge in the movie, recalled once having to lie to Ivana about her choice of interior decorating in the hotel, where the movie was filmed.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There are also a number of ornamental flowering annual plants that merit the potherb designation, and Calendula is usually the first on this list, accompanied by nasturtium and alyssum.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Diamond rings of the Serti Sculpté series made for an ideal choice for modern engagements while the Les Perles line cast a contemporary light on pearl necklaces via asymmetries and gold closing doubling as an ornamental element.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These lines of research are part of a growing body of evidence that treats coloring as an accessible and low-cost way to invite focused attention and emotional steadiness.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the front of the shop is a mélange of plants adorning the main window.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Although a ladder is needed for adorning the tree with ornaments, the tree is pre-lit, so that tangled strands of lights are a thing of Christmas past.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This direction—padding the ensemble with social-media-friendly faces—represents more of a nudge toward the future than a massive overhaul.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mahomes is also padding his long list of sponsors, partnering with Airbnb and Hublot and agreeing to autograph Panini trading cards for the first time in five years.
    Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Through draping, Yin created volumes and shapes as if they were achieved via padding, but in fact were just clever patterns.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The sale also includes throw blankets for draping over couches, accent chairs, and beds, including woven, plaid, and ribbed styles.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Embellishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellishing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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