How to use adornment in a sentence

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• Lubavitchers, Penansky says, believe mezuzahs need no adornment and simply wrap them in cellophane.1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry mezuzah
• These "taclobos" are much liked and, if available, used as flower-pots and for adornment of gardens.1954, J. Gonzalez, Suggestions on the improvement of Philippine economy and investment opportunities. From the entry taclobo
• The lightning-god was a suitable adornment of the light-giving lamp, and his threatensome attitude an excellent apotrópaion.1925, Arthur Bernard Cook, Zeus, page 712. From the entry threatensome
• For this level of adornment, there were professional crownmakers, and one could order crowns for particular occasions through them.2014, Arthur Green, Keter: The Crown of God in Early Jewish Mysticism, page 9. From the entry crownmaker
• A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 9. From the entry classifier
• The feminine adornments are partly primitive, partly decadent and, considering the tools with which they were executed, represent tremendous labor.1932 June 12, “Dates Early Man Back 8,000 Years: Dr. Requena Holds Discoveries Indicate Venezuela Was Civilization’s Cradle. […]”, in The…. From the entry little finger nail
• Shibata said, noting that instead of that perishable adornment, children will create bracelets of nuts from the kukui, the Hawaiian state tree.2007 May 18, The New York Times, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times. From the entry kukui
• They’re mixed with sugar and spices, like cardamom and saffron, to make burfi, a category of sweets whose adornments might include pistachios and twists of silver leaf.2023 May 24, Ligaya Mishan, “The Shortcut to Homemade Milk Candy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry burfi
• The two men sit 10 feet apart, behind a long console in Islington’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) control room, painted and carpeted in gray, with no adornments.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry control room
• They like to convey the spirit of the underdog — that of Israel’s heroic beginnings — as if discomfited by the adornments of an increasingly moneyed, Americanized and postheroic society.2007 July 8, Roger Cohen, “Her Jewish State”, in New York Times. From the entry postheroic
• Or is it a mere adornment of life which we can do without—a mere knick-knack for Dame Civilization to hang about her wrinkled neck in order to dazzle her neighbours?1929, Frederick Philip Grove, “The Aim of Art”, in It Needs to Be Said. From the entry knick-knack

Meaning of adornment

1. noun A decoration; that which adorns.
2. noun The act of decorating.

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Questions about adornment in a sentence

How do you use adornment in a sentence?

Adornment is used as a noun. For example: “The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.”

What is a short sentence with adornment?

“Lubavitchers, Penansky says, believe mezuzahs need no adornment and simply wrap them in cellophane.”

What does adornment mean?

Adornment means a decoration; that which adorns.