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as in baroque
elaborately and often excessively decorated
an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace
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as in rhetoric
full of fine words and fancy expressions
the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days
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Recent Examples of ornate
The molten mass then pours downwards to reveal the title of the single, hardening into a glinting ornate script made of diamonds and lined in gold.
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Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 5 June 2025
This more complicated object is called an abelian surface, and as with elliptic curves, its solutions have an ornate structure that mathematicians want to understand.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
The ornate piece was threaded with brocade motifs and real chandi (silver) zari.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Another look Gaga styled during her performance featured the singer in a red garment with an asymmetric hemline and ornate embroidery at the neckline, cuffs of the sleeves and at the hemline as well.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
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Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 5 June 2025
This more complicated object is called an abelian surface, and as with elliptic curves, its solutions have an ornate structure that mathematicians want to understand.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
The ornate piece was threaded with brocade motifs and real chandi (silver) zari.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Another look Gaga styled during her performance featured the singer in a red garment with an asymmetric hemline and ornate embroidery at the neckline, cuffs of the sleeves and at the hemline as well.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ornate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornate
Adjective
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The athlete wore the Nike Women’s Osaka GP Challenge 1 PRM Tennis Shoes featuring tones of sundial and baroque brown.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2025
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In addition, 29 rare baroque pearls from the Australian South Sea made the necklace a genuine masterpiece.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Differences of opinion between economists, scorekeepers and analysts are commonplace, as are the heated rhetorical attacks lobbed at the Congressional Budget Office.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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However, that evolution remains more rhetorical than structural, at least for now.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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An extravagant estate long owned by the late Orange County Air Force major general turned homebuilder and civic leader William Lyon has roared onto the market in Southern California.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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Nothing extravagant—just a modest suburban home and savings accumulated over a lifetime.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Danielle Brooks Danielle Brooks attended the 4th Annual Black Women on Broadway Awards in N.Y.C. in a purple cropped jacket and matching shorts.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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In late summer to early fall, the plant is covered with daisy-like purple blooms with yellow centers.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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In the decade since his descent down a gilded escalator — and emergence as the most dominant and consequential political figure of the 21st century — Trump has proven himself a peerless master of distraction and deflection.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Its shadow—cast from a gilded weather vane in the shape of archangel Gabriel 323-feet in the air—has marked the passing of days over the most famous plaza in Venice for more than a century.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The prose is florid and overwritten: While Martin uses normal language to methodically introduce an unease without even hinting at the supernatural, and drives the story through conflict among his characters, the AIs are all unsubtle.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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And Woolf did this at a time where overly metaphorical writing, a style that once represented the pinnacle of masculine achievement in the 19th century (James, Melville, Dickens, Whitman), was feminized via epithets like purple, florid, flowery, and unrestrained so to be rendered defunct or passé.—
Ocean Vuong
October 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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Ethical Efficiency insists that systems be designed to truly find and elevate the best solutions, not simply reward the loudest voices or most privileged perspectives.—
Karlo Tanjuakio,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Just after dawn on May 29, the swish of chains dragging on asphalt was loud enough to be heard over idling engines.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade Soil Type: Medium to moist, well-draining, rich Soil pH: Neutral (6.5-7.5) USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 to 7 With lacy foliage and tall flower spikes, larkspur adds gorgeous texture and upright structure to the summer garden.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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Jazmine Sullivan Jazmine Sullivan wears florals all over, from her flared white blazer to her lacy durag train, by Who Decides War.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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“Ornate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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