as in decoration
something that decorates or beautifies
didn't care for Victorian houses and all of their ornamentations
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Recent Examples of ornamentation
Of course, there is improv in the movie, just naturally little ornamentation and stuff.
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suggestions range from temperature regulation to come-hither ornamentation for attracting mates, to tools of self-defense.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Similarly, ornamentation on the 31st floor were modeled off of Chrysler radiator caps from 1929.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
Stars, music industry folks and fans alike filed into Nicholas Schurman's music venue Soft Junk, a small event space decorated with trippy art pieces and colorful ornamentation.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 24 July 2024
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suggestions range from temperature regulation to come-hither ornamentation for attracting mates, to tools of self-defense.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Similarly, ornamentation on the 31st floor were modeled off of Chrysler radiator caps from 1929.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
Stars, music industry folks and fans alike filed into Nicholas Schurman's music venue Soft Junk, a small event space decorated with trippy art pieces and colorful ornamentation.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 24 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for ornamentation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornamentation
Noun
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They would be used eventually, but not for long. 1980s recession leaves downtown in the dark In 1982, with the recession rocking Milwaukee, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce announced that the street decorations were being tossed out and not replaced.—
Chris Foran,
Journal Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2025
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The performances are haunting, the set decoration pristine, and the tension ever-intensifying.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The three armor ornaments are based on different Stormtrooper designs.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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This Dior collection was sparser on bags and shoes, those brisk-selling tack-ons that designers can get carried away with, festooning them to models like ornaments on a Christmas tree.—
Jacob Gallagher,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere, there were talisman-esque adornments on shrunken and frayed knits.—
Scarlett Conlon,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Such moments of creative exhilaration were intermittent adornments of a diffuse slog.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Ornamentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ornamentation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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