Example sentences for: embellished

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

  • In the heart of the modern town, set beside the waters of the Nile, is Luxor Temple, started by Amenophis III in the 18th Dynasty c.1350 b.c. , and embellished by Ramses II in the 19th Dynasty.

  • Michael Hoffman, the director and "screenwriter" of the all-star movie called William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (evidently to distinguish it from Stephen King's A Midsummer Night's Dream ), has wedged the play into a weirdly inapposite setting, has stupidly cut and even more stupidly embellished it, and has miscast it almost to a player.

  • The “New Town,” which was planned by architect James Craig and embellished by Robert Adam, became one of the most beautiful Georgian cities of the world.

  • Right away we're meant to think of Hester Prynne's big scarlet A, imposed by the godly community, which she defiantly embellished with gold thread.

  • As the Romans took control of Athens they embellished the site with small additions, but the wake of Christianity and the decline of Roman power saw the Acropolis vulnerable to attack, theft, and vandalism.


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