Example sentences for: festooned

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

  • It has an 18th-century church, a telephone booth, a cemetery, an old well, and a handful of well-tended, blue-and-white houses festooned with flowers.

  • The sexes still lead separate lives, with the women in the home, chatting across balconies festooned with washing or sitting on shady street corners.

  • Traditional Greek clothing is little in evidence, but most of the islands have narrow lanes festooned with cool cotton or cheesecloth pants, tops, and dresses, all of which are ideal for the summer climate.

  • The island’s main town, Dunmore Town, is a cluster of narrow streets lined by clapboard houses festooned with bougainvillea; handsome roosters strut here and there in the undergrowth.

  • Of course, no Chinese lake would be complete without its artificial islands, causeways, and pavilions, several of which serve as teahouses festooned with peach and plum blossoms, orchids or osmanthus, depending on the season.


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