as in decorates
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks
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Recent Examples of adorns
My favorite Italian/Italian American cookbooks The famous recipe for pinwheel lasagna that adorns the cover is one of my go-to dishes.
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Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Feb. 2026
Walk a bit deeper inside, and a collage of memories adorns a wall near their kitchen.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Now on at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue (the limited season ends on Saturday), an illuminated image of Shields as Dunne adorns the marquee.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
Among Manual’s graduates was Herbert Hare, whose work as a landscape architect in the firm Hare & Hare still adorns local landmarks like the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Loose Park and much of the Country Club Plaza.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
The footwear brand says Blahnik adorns his sleek styles in timeless dogtooth fabrication and delicate mesh polka dot, inspired by Lady Heathcoat-Amory, a golfer originally named Joyce Wethered.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The players on the floor Las Vegas Wilson adorns the marquee.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her name itself now adorns a street sign outside her old high school in Midwood, an elementary school in Washington State, and the Brooklyn Borough municipal building (a Bill de Blasio move, made days after Cuomo’s).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
From the cool, dank blue-gray tones of Maria’s basement to the clever signage that adorns the schoolroom walls, the production mechanics work to pull viewers further into this high stakes character study.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Feb. 2026
Walk a bit deeper inside, and a collage of memories adorns a wall near their kitchen.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
Now on at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue (the limited season ends on Saturday), an illuminated image of Shields as Dunne adorns the marquee.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
Among Manual’s graduates was Herbert Hare, whose work as a landscape architect in the firm Hare & Hare still adorns local landmarks like the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Loose Park and much of the Country Club Plaza.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
The footwear brand says Blahnik adorns his sleek styles in timeless dogtooth fabrication and delicate mesh polka dot, inspired by Lady Heathcoat-Amory, a golfer originally named Joyce Wethered.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The players on the floor Las Vegas Wilson adorns the marquee.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Her name itself now adorns a street sign outside her old high school in Midwood, an elementary school in Washington State, and the Brooklyn Borough municipal building (a Bill de Blasio move, made days after Cuomo’s).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2025
From the cool, dank blue-gray tones of Maria’s basement to the clever signage that adorns the schoolroom walls, the production mechanics work to pull viewers further into this high stakes character study.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adorns
decorates
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Ink decorates her hands and wrists, poking out from under the sleeves of her gray cashmere cardigan.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The spectacle, which decorates the eastern edge of El Capitan, requires relatively clear skies and ample water from winter snowmelt.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2026
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