How to Use ornate in a Sentence

ornate

adjective

• She doesn't like ornate jewelry.
• Browne and Bolton’s taste in décor is a mix of the ornate and the severe.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Mix up the types of frames, from gold and ornate to simple and sleek.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2024
• An ornate wooden mirror, 10 feet high or more, stands at the front of the room.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• The same ornate designs are often found on the cuffs of Yup’ik boots — or piluguq — and around the wrist cuffs or bottom hem of parkas.
  — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The throne room is more than 130 feet long, with ornate gilded moldings.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
• The ornate mesh that spans the length of the dashboard and conceals the HVAC vents also gets exclusive red trim.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023
• Tran rejoined the group date in an orange long-sleeve dress with an ornate cutout.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
• The ornate vintage designs on the brand’s famed packaging spoke to her, as did the scents.
  — Jessamine Chan, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
• An ornate cane that might’ve been a distinguished prop for a rapper in the Nineties was used as a crutch.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• The actress pulled her hair back in an ornate ponytail, which ran down her back.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 23 July 2024
• Find anything from a retro leather jacket to a box of ornate buttons.
  — Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023
• The ornate wedding cake that was Monte Carlo coming alight in the blue wash of May twilight.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• The festival is now in its 43rd year at the church, which is one of Detroit's oldest and most ornate.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2024
• And at the center of the spread stood an ornate Seder plate decorated with scenes from the Passover story.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• So go ahead and pair a bed frame with sharp lines and angles with a bench that shows off some ornate wood carving.
  — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
• The princess accessorized the look with a pair of ornate earrings, while wearing her hair in loose curls.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Dec. 2022
• But don’t forget the ornate details of the Gothic style, Goerzen warns.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2024
• The 2,000-year-old still life features an ornate goblet of wine, fruit and other items in front of a black background.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
• There was no belt, no ornate jewelry: the necktie was the focal point.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2023
• An ornate, enormous chocolate cake with white-pearl sprinkles — made from scratch — sits in the fridge.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
• But the overall effect is so ornate that movies seem almost beside the point.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The chapel contained an ornate mural with gilded wooden carvings at one end of the chapel, which Maguire said was built in the mid-1800s.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
• With ornate window displays and high towers, the busy street comes to life and gives you a taste of the buzz that makes NYC so addicting.
  — Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2023
• The curtains are made with rich, silky fabrics, with a pattern that accents the small touches of ornate decor.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2022
• The camera points through an ornate fence before a whooshing sound tears through the night and a large fireball plumes in the middle distance.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• Big, ornate stoves, which servants fed from behind, heated the rooms.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• The most ornate of these boutique editions is the version decked in pavé diamonds on the dial.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
• An ornate powder room and a laundry room are located across the hall.
  — Brianna Griff, Chron, 1 Jan. 2023
• Hyperion curved around the hills and spit me out onto the grand span of arches, towers, ornate concrete railings and old-fashioned street lamps over the years by L.A.’s smoggy air.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024