bedecked; bedecking; bedecks
Examples of bedeck in a Sentence
bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party
the ladies arrived bedecked in furs
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The walls are bedecked with paintings by O’Keeffe, Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Warhol, and Rothko.
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Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
The most awe-inspiring element of last Sunday’s 97th annual Oscars was no doubt the garb celebrities walked the red carpet in — that is, everything visibly bedecking their bodies (even if it was see-through, as Julia Fox’s sheer-as-can-be dress certainly was).
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
The ship’s masts – bedecked in lights - struck the bridge, breaking on impact and sending debris falling onto the vessel’s deck.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
In those stirring early images, one faceless girl oversees the group’s feast, bedecked in an antler crown and several locks of the dead girl’s hair.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 11 Apr. 2025
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Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
The most awe-inspiring element of last Sunday’s 97th annual Oscars was no doubt the garb celebrities walked the red carpet in — that is, everything visibly bedecking their bodies (even if it was see-through, as Julia Fox’s sheer-as-can-be dress certainly was).
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
The ship’s masts – bedecked in lights - struck the bridge, breaking on impact and sending debris falling onto the vessel’s deck.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
In those stirring early images, one faceless girl oversees the group’s feast, bedecked in an antler crown and several locks of the dead girl’s hair.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bedeck
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“Bedeck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedeck. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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bedeck
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be·deck
bi-ˈdek 
: to dress up with showy things
bedecked in furs and jewels
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