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verb

past tense of ornament

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Recent Examples of ornamented
Verb
Its midnight-blue glass was by Waltersperger, and it comes ornamented with a sculpture of two inseparable birds by Desrues. Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 Gold, silver, precious and semi-precious stones are on display, along with silk textiles ornamented with velvet, damask and embroidery. Sarah Kozlowski, Dallas Morning News, 21 Mar. 2026 Blazy’s Chanel was a story of lightness that began with transparent silk mousseline pieces and flourished into dresses and suits and dresses ornamented with layers of feathers. CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026 The nude number is appliquéd with lace and ornamented with stones. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Train cars will be ornamented with holiday lights and decorations. Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2025 Overblown, ostentatious hybrids of classical and local styles, kitschily ornamented with classical detail, all on a scale meant to be overwhelming rather than inviting—that’s what Big Brother’s city hall always looks like. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025 But certainly for most of the history, people looked to alligators or crocodiles to imagine what dinosaurs were like, and that’s drab and greenish and not ornamented. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025 The men are artfully dressed in Victorian silk dresses, their coiffed hair braided, and ornamented (in Park’s case) with a simple crown of three spheres. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornamented
Adjective
  • Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
    Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In the photos, Blondeau is seen in her characteristic bun adorned with flowers and white cape-overlay gown, holding a calla lily bouquet.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • The fix is usually a trimmed hedge and a simple letter.
    Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • Prevent ant hills by maintaining trimmed grass, removing debris, tilling soil, and planting pest-repellent herbs like mint or basil.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • And Charlotte, unlike Chicago or San Francisco, didn’t develop a historic LGBTQ neighborhood with rows of gay bars on one street, pride flags draped from the facade of dozens of businesses, or rainbows painted on crosswalks.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • On Sunday, the event saw hundreds milling about the convention center with red-on-white patterned scarves — the Shemagh, Jordan’s national headscarf — wrapped around their heads or draped by the hosts across the shoulders of guests as a gift to perfect strangers.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • Shop her look on There’s a point every summer where getting dressed stops being about curating an outfit and starts being about survival.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Kansas City brewery is calling it the Boulevard Yard, meant to feel like a decked out backyard.
    Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Nas and Tracy Morgan are all decked out in their Knicks best for Game Four of the NBA Finals on June 10 in New York City.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • As fashion continues dressing for its inner child, beading has taken center stage in an array of forms — from colorful beaded necklaces and viral beaded bags to embellished swimsuits.
    Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • Tiers of lace, an embellished party jacket, and a sense of bohemian ease made the Olsen twins' 2017 Met Gala appearance one for the books.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Christmas market in Ban Jelačić Square has the city’s big, bedecked tree, concerts and cultural performances, plus market stalls selling gifts, handicrafts, and bites like fritule (crispy miniature doughnut balls).
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Ornamented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornamented. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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