Example sentences for: embellished

How can you use “embellished” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Scottish crown was fashioned of gold mined in Scotland, greatly embellished during the reign of Scotland’s James III (1460–1488).

  • Bronze that once embellished the entrance was carted away and recycled as Bernini’s canopy for the high altar in St. Peter’s.

  • But the old semi-wisdom becomes genuine wisdom when embellished with the observation that anybody who wants to can become a bondholder--and that buying bonds is no more painful than paying taxes to alleviate the debt.

  • Given some of the tendencies of Scripture translation in recent decades, it would hardly be surprising to see Matthew 26:33-35--the passage in which Peter promises to remain a loyal disciple scant hours before turning disloyal--rewritten and embellished to render the response from Jesus as follows: "Truly you make all the right noises . But this night you will deny me three times."

  • The scooped-out city canyon, embellished with a frieze of human heads at the bottom (, 1915), was a theme that looked new in the work of Gary Winogrand in the 1960s.


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