How to Use decoration in a Sentence

decoration

noun
  • The vase has a fancy decoration on one side.
  • He's a genius at home decoration.
  • He received a decoration from the President.
  • And then there's the belt, which serves no other purpose than pure decoration.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2023
  • When opened, there's space on the wall above the bed for a painting or decoration to act as a headboard.
    Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Rangoli is an art decoration drawn on the floor or the entrances of homes, and it's thought to bring good luck and prosperity to the house and guests.
    Woman's Day, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The lacy set from Intimissimi features a gold clip on the bra and thin halter-neck straps as decoration.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Excellent food served in a yurt with homemade, artsy decorations.
    Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Reality check: Weather can change abruptly, and storms can rip down the decorations just as the party begins.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Why not step up your everyday accessory with decoration?
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The store windows and showrooms are lined with mannequins in evening gowns and dresses bursting with color and decoration — and all in various types of head coverings.
    Ebrahim Noroozi, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • This item, which has more in common with a tabletop decoration than a functioning reticule, would be hard put to accommodate a hairbrush; a cellphone would dwarf it.
    Lynn Yaeger, Town & Country, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Another pretty decoration is a swing made and covered in the red paper or ribbon and there seat a Kewpie or doll dressed as Cupid.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The items' abilities to protect the dead depended not only on their shape, size, material and decoration, but also on their placement.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
  • This is also a great way to get your kids to participate in the fun by encouraging them to complete a craft that doubles as a Super Bowl decoration.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The sculpture of a head on the bench at right is by Ernesto Canto da Maya, and the wall sculpture above the mantel is a 16th-century naval decoration.
    Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 29 Dec. 2022
  • There are also shots of the couple running around under the Christmas lights, viewing the different holiday decoration setups and dancing around with their friends.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The attention to detail with the set decoration—the production on this was absolutely phenomenal.
    William Goodman, Men's Health, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The decorations Just give in to the kitsch of the holiday season.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The decoration of both the dial and movement on the new pieces are pure Breguet.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Some decorations — flags, porch buntings and more — can be reused for years to come.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
  • All of these Halloween decorations moved and moaned and pulsed with light.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The suspects and the spoon — a roughly 15-foot metal decoration that had been fixed to the front of the Dairy Queen — remained at large.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Then all there's left to do is to let the little ones get creative with the festive decorations.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Bring on the red, white, and blue with these festive Fourth of July decorations!
    Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2024
  • One person gets the cakes ready for the machine, a second runs the machine, and the third puts on the sprinkles and decoration, and puts the cakes in boxes.
    Heather L. King, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Red, white, and blue outdoor decorations are a must-have for summer, and this one is so easy.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2024
  • This obvious decoration adorns the south wall of the gallery.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 27 May 2024
  • Tariku, for instance, had just two weeks to build, pack and ship a dozen raw stools that the set decoration crew painted black on-site.
    Christina Sturdivant Sani, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • This includes Angel Ramos, whose linen Mariano Cigar shirt—named for his grandfather—dispenses with the extra decoration and features larger lower pockets that better accommodate a stick or two.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024

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