as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids
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Recent Examples of festooned
The five members burst out of a giant pink teddy bear, and even their costumes were festooned with tiny bear faces, like the Grateful Dead’s mascot had suddenly infiltrated the world of girl groups.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty The stage was festooned with balloons and a giant image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being elevated to the position after the killing of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
Women’s hats in the early 1900s were festooned with plumage from wading birds, many of which were killed in Florida.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Miso deepens a crab thermidor ($29) festooned in pomelos.
—Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnny lifts a plastic cross, festooned with plastic flowers, from the backseat and mocks it.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
These giant, South American perennials take on a tree shape and are festooned in long, hanging, trumpet-shape blooms that release a wonderful perfume in late afternoon.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The branches of the tree were festooned with protest banners, wooden crates, and homemade art.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Chris Willman, Variety, 26 May 2026
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty The stage was festooned with balloons and a giant image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being elevated to the position after the killing of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.
—CBS News, 19 May 2026
Women’s hats in the early 1900s were festooned with plumage from wading birds, many of which were killed in Florida.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Miso deepens a crab thermidor ($29) festooned in pomelos.
—Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnny lifts a plastic cross, festooned with plastic flowers, from the backseat and mocks it.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
These giant, South American perennials take on a tree shape and are festooned in long, hanging, trumpet-shape blooms that release a wonderful perfume in late afternoon.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The branches of the tree were festooned with protest banners, wooden crates, and homemade art.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for festooned
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Tents are adorned with explorer-style campaign furniture and Zanzibari trunks and illuminated by Earth tones that complement—but not compete with—the natural beauty of surrounding grasslands.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The palace is a fantasia, with a courtyard that does not lead to any rooms and three towers topped by onion domes—the tallest of which was dedicated to Stockalper’s namesake, Kaspar, of the Three Magi, and adorned by symbols of the sun.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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In a cozy room decorated with guitars on the wall and a keyboard by his side, Peter Frampton is smiling.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Allred described the space as more elevated than a typical dive bar pool hall, decorated with antique brass lighting, leather accents, and deep tones of red and purple.—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
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Tactile wallpapers, four-poster beds draped in maroon velvets, the sort of excess that feels just right.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Standing together atop the first-place position, the two posed for photos with Hughes’ arm draped around Hernandez.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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