I am at this moment, with all the imprudence natural to poets, expending nobody knows what, in embellishing my premises, or rather the premises of my neighbour Courtenay, which is more poetical still.
The Unitarians have gone on occupying, improving, embellishing certain property during a long course of years.
As it has been employed in embellishing the Mind, or adorning the Outside, it renders the Man eminently Praise-worthy or ridiculous.
From these few Principles, thus laid down, it will be easie to prove, that the true Art of assisting Beauty consists in Embellishing the whole Person by the proper Ornaments of virtuous and commendable Qualities.
The Story of Æneas, on which Virgil founded his Poem, was likewise very bare of Circumstances, and by that means afforded him an Opportunity of embellishing it with Fiction, and giving a full range to his own Invention.
Browne's versatile pencil was again actively employed in embellishingthe story begun by Dickens soon after his return from America in 1842, and to this he contributed forty etchings.
The Assyrian kings, though perhaps more concerned withembellishing their palaces, do not neglect the seats of the gods.
The old temple there, was one of the many that stirred up the religious zeal of Nabonnedos; and previous to this, we find several Assyrian kings occupied in embellishing and restoring the structure.
Further appropriations will also be necessary for grading and paving the streets and avenues and inclosing and embellishing the public grounds within the city of Washington.
Philadelphia was bursting with civic pride in the spring of 1787, and its newspapers began embellishing the arrival of the Convention delegates with elaborate social classifications.
On the arch of Constantine, at Rome, all the best sculpture is an appropriation from the older arch of Trajan: under the first Christian emperor there are no artists capable of decently embellishing his monument in the ancient metropolis.
For thirty or more years after the death of Christ, the Jews continued the work of adding to and embellishing the temple buildings.
The house was hired, and a week later, Denise, beaming with love and happiness, embellishingby her charms and her grace the modest costume she had selected, was led to the altar by the man she loved.
When this prince had happily finished all his wars, and was in a state of perfect peace and tranquillity, he employed himself in putting the last hand to the building, or rather to the embellishing of Babylon.
As no expense was spared in embellishing them, exorbitant sums were sunk in the service of the theatre.
The cardinal had taken pleasure in embellishing the estate of Richelieu, in Touraine, where he was born, and which the king had raised to a duchy-peerage.
She writes to her daughter as she would speak to her; it is not letters, it is an animated and charming conversation, touching upon everything, embellishing everything with an inimitable grace.
The immediate successors of this prince also took delight in embellishing and making additions to the fabric.
Madame the Margravine Regent has likewise caus'd some noble Gardens to be laid out; and this Princess spares no Cost for embellishing the Town of Anspach.
The King, who is certainly of all Sovereigns the most magnificent, keeps Men continually at work, in embellishing those Places.
You know it is not an embellishing dress, and she did look gaunt and haggard; but still somehow we liked her better than ever before; and she is so very good and charitable.
She was only seen in full and eager occupation embellishing the archery, or forcing the 'decidedly pious' to be fascinated by her gracious self-adaptation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "embellishing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
