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Example sentences for "decorate"

Lexicographically close words:
decompositions; decompound; decompression; decontamination; decora; decorated; decorates; decorating; decoration; decorations
  1. Almost the one work of absolute spontaneity among the hundreds which without and within decorate M.

  2. When he did, he was hardly less successful; and the four splendid groups that decorate the Pavillons Denon and Richelieu of the Louvre are in the very front rank of the heroic sculpture of the modern world.

  3. Leyland, and was used to decorate the "Peacock Room.

  4. The right claimed by Italian opera singers down to a very recent date to decorate the phrases with trills, cadenzas, etc.

  5. In this formative period of which we are speaking it was the privilege of the singers to vary and decorate the written phrases according to their good pleasure.

  6. They feared," he said, "I was going to decorate that wall also, and they sent Chocolat outside to push it in.

  7. McCutcheon should decorate the wall of the new mess-room with the caricatures that make the Chicago Tribune famous.

  8. He had the irresistible impulse to decorate and to decorate consistently.

  9. Pranghái ang sakyanan sa bag-ung kinasal, Decorate the automobile of the newly-weds.

  10. It’s my turn to decorate the church tomorrow.

  11. A; c] decorate a dress with ruffles or wear a dress decorated with ruffles.

  12. The scallop shells which decorate the walls represent de Luna's office of Grand Master of the Order of Santiago.

  13. Fine azulejos decorate the chapel, and many other antiquities too, which I cannot enumerate.

  14. The warm yellow of the Cathedral stone and the time-worn colour of the figures which decorate this retablo have a very pleasing effect to the eye.

  15. It dates from 1512, and is so named on account of the scallop shells which decorate the exterior walls.

  16. Excuse me, Gladys, I didn't mean to decorate you.

  17. Nyoda consented and the girls scoured the woods for hanging moss to decorate the cave, and for pine cones to build a charmed fire.

  18. They are the latest trappings with which I have dressed, without seeking to decorate them, admirable things; indications merely and not descriptions; but you will not reject them.

  19. Thus the majority of Spaniards despise people who wear rings and precious stones, regarding it as almost a contemptible thing to decorate one's self with precious stones.

  20. To engrave is, in final strictness, "to decorate a surface with furrows.

  21. It is in 1482 that Bernardino first emerges from the realm of conjecture, and appears, forming part of that brilliant group which was gathered together in Rome to decorate the walls of Sixtus IV.

  22. At the request of Fabien de Ronceret, Stidmann undertook to decorate an apartment for him on the rue Blanche [Beatrix.

  23. There were some spots in that sunny vale where they would frequently resort to decorate themselves with garlands of flowers.

  24. Angelo Buonarroti, destined to decorate the senatorial hall, by order of Pietro Soderini.

  25. How to Build and Decorate a Fireplace for Santa Claus.

  26. When the appointed time drew nigh, King Asim bade the tent-pitchers plant pavilions in the midst of the Champ-de-Mars and decorate them after the most sumptuous fashion and set up the great throne whereon he sat not but on festivals.

  27. They disfigure their towns in order to decorate their houses.

  28. These people may decorate their temples with gold or with tinsel; but their tinsel has lasted longer than our gold.

  29. Their artists did not scruple to decorate the walls of tombs with pictures of real life, in which comic satire often peeps forth amid the gravest surroundings.

  30. They have three shelves, then a broad space where are deep cupboards, and then again an empty space, where books can be kept, or great jars put to decorate it.

  31. Madame de Balzac is given minute directions about the flowers which are to decorate the house in the Rue Fortunee, as a surprise to Madame Honore; and as we read, we can imagine Balzac's pride and delight when he wrote the name.

  32. She put into his hands a case containing the chain of diamonds with which she used to decorate her hair.

  33. Should you care to decorate them in colors, it had best be done by painting bands or stripes across each vane, all to correspond with each other in width and shade.

  34. Several pieces of valuable old blue china, quaint bits of Oriental flat figures, together with a plate or two of old Dutch ware decorate the walls, and an ancient convex mirror of great antiquity.

  35. Every part of the book blazes with wit, but with wit which is employed only to illustrate and decorate truth.

  36. When propositions have been established, and nothing remains but to amplify and decorate them, this dim magnificence may be in place.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decorate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    add; adjoin; adorn; affix; annex; append; appoint; array; attach; beautify; bedeck; blazon; burden; cite; color; complicate; crown; deck; decorate; dizen; drape; dress; elaborate; embellish; emblazon; embroider; encumber; enrich; flatter; flourish; furbish; furnish; garland; garnish; gild; grace; honor; illuminate; illustrate; infix; involve; join; ornament; overcharge; overlay; overload; paint; pattern; plus; praise; prank; preen; prefix; spangle; subjoin; suffix; tool; trim; varnish