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as in draped
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries
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Recent Examples of decorated
Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Descending into the home, visitors would see modest but immaculate living quarters that were decorated with painting and sculpture.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
These days, my own home is decorated simply with a garland, wreaths and of course, twinkly lights.
—Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
Houses are decorated, the smell of cookies fills the air, and families are sending out their holiday cards.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The annual Christmas parade is filled with marching bands, floats decorated by local businesses, and, of course, Santa.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Rooms are tastefully decorated with antique writing desks, tall clocks, fireplaces, and a slew of haunting period paintings.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The furnishings of the main building, where white women dwelled, were tasteful and comfortable, albeit sparely decorated.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Beauty mavens Cassandra Grey of Violet Grey and Tina Craig of U Beauty compared notes on their similarly hued lace dresses, while Tina Leung’s daring catsuit, decorated in a large bow like a holiday present, caused much fanfare too.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Descending into the home, visitors would see modest but immaculate living quarters that were decorated with painting and sculpture.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
These days, my own home is decorated simply with a garland, wreaths and of course, twinkly lights.
—Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
Houses are decorated, the smell of cookies fills the air, and families are sending out their holiday cards.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The annual Christmas parade is filled with marching bands, floats decorated by local businesses, and, of course, Santa.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Rooms are tastefully decorated with antique writing desks, tall clocks, fireplaces, and a slew of haunting period paintings.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The furnishings of the main building, where white women dwelled, were tasteful and comfortable, albeit sparely decorated.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorated
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Appetizers are adorned with the brand’s signature cannage motif, shaped like a couture bow or imprinted with the leopard motif nodding to Dior’s muse Mitzah Bricard.Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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The staircase is adorned with steel finishes and integrates with the pink marble wall that accompanies it.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Any leftover lights that weren't broken or half lit were then draped casually on some low bushes out front.Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Grecian-style sleeveless gown was reinforced in the midsection but otherwise draped loosely toward the ground.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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There are also far too many songs in A Complete Unknown—most are profoundly affecting, but a few ought to have been strategically trimmed.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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The hope is that NASA will use its limited budget to continue to fund this kind of research, but the worry is that as costs get trimmed with a focus on human exploration of the Moon and Mars, work that doesn’t have an obvious and immediate practical application will fall by the wayside.Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Decorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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