festoon

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Recent Examples of festoon The wings are festooned with yet more easy-to-grab hats, umbrellas, newspapers. George Etheredge, New York Times, 12 May 2025 Death metal musician’s home, festooned with flamethrowers,weapons and ammo, erupted in heavy metal fire. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025 The ship will have roughly the same maximum passenger capacity and 20 equally eye-popping decks festooned with waterslides, a water park, seven pools and 40 places to eat and drink. CNN Money, 7 May 2025 His early Met Gala get-ups were festooned with sparkling diamond brooches. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for festoon
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Verb
  • The living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
  • The hats’ modern shape take inspiration from the traditional Panama hat, updated and adorned with wide ribbons — a signature of the Sant Angelo brand.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
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  • The 10-screen theater at the Village at San Antonio Center is decorated with robot toys, a wall of movie posters featuring robots and even has Dumbots, an upstairs lounge with a name inspired by some of the less-intelligent bots in movie history.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
  • The nymphs look like large black ticks decorated with white spots.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 18 June 2025

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“Festoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festoon. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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