Sentence example with the word 'embellish'

embellish

adorn, color, dizen, exaggerate, garble, load with ornament, ornament, perfect, prink up, smarten, varnish

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Last update: October 6, 2016


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Because Marco has always had a tendency to embellish the truth, no one believed he had been mugged.   [verb]

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Grandma likes to embellish her knitting by hiding secret messages in the pattern.   [adverb]

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The paintings were embellished with golden frames.   [Please select]

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My mother-in-law's stories about her journey from Russia made us laugh because she embellished the bare facts of her travels with humorous anecdotes.   [Please select]

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50-70, vii.; later writers either reproduce or embellish his narrative (Pausanias iii.   [Please select]

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BLOOM: Embellish (beautify) suburban gardens.   [Please select]

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The voice of penance and of grief came slow, embellished, tremulous.   [Please select]

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A greasy neck scarf was embellished with a gem whose truthfulness was without pretence.   [Please select]

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The snare is embellished with a certain amount of ornamentation.   [Please select]

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Embellished With Over 100 Thumb Nail Illustrations Taken From Life Bound in Cloth.   [Please select]

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Brilliant mosaic settings of turquoise, malachite, and shell embellish the figure.   [Please select]

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