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How to use decorated in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Decorated means having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items. Example: “She had just finished knitting a tea cosy decorated with a floral pattern.”

Examples of decorated by meaning

adjectiveHaving received prizes, awards, laurels, etc.

  • a decorated footballer
  • Nihlus Kryik is one of the Citadel Council's most decorated Spectre agents.2010s, “Spectre Agent Nihlus Kryik”, in BioWare, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2013

More sentences with decorated

  • She had just finished knitting a tea cosy decorated with a floral pattern.From the entry tea cosy
  • There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.From the entry decorate
  • The children built a fairyland cottage out of gingerbread, decorated with gumdrops and peppermint sticks.From the entry fairyland
  • The lighted decorated Christmas tree, a treat for all, speaks volumes of meaning.From the entry speak volumes
  • The room was decorated with magnificent megalography, overwhelming the viewer upon entrance.From the entry megalography
  • We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.From the entry work
  • The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.From the entry moon
  • We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.From the entry decorate
  • They dined in a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with gold.From the entry sumptuous
  • Her home was decorated with tasteful, classical furnishings.From the entry tasteful
  • She decorated the room plainly but neatly.From the entry plainly
  • He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.From the entry sprinkle
  • I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.From the entry to each his own
  • How would you like the maypole decorated?From the entry maypole
  • The chest was decorated with delicate wood carvings.From the entry wood carving
  • The room was decorated in pastelly colours.From the entry pastelly
  • He was in the mood and he decorated the first half with some wonderful moments.2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian. From the entry crossfield
  • His partner, artist Brooke Young, decorated the basic dining room with both masculine and feminine details.2018 April 1, Maureen Wallenfang, “Open: Wildflower Pizzeria gets cooking”, in The Post-Crescent, volume 99, number 72, page 1D, columns 3–4. From the entry living-roomy
  • Jimmy and Ravi put together fine silver cutlery, crystal clear glasses and oriental decorated crockery.2017, Steven Baker, chapter 16, in Colour Sergeant Chesney V.C., Kibworth, Leics.: The Book Guild Ltd, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry crystal clear
  • Cajun microwaves are made of cypress or another hardwood, and are often decorated with carvings.2014, Ben Ford, Carolynn Carreño, Taming the Feast: Ben Ford's Field Guide to Adventurous Cooking, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry caja china
  • These cakepops are flavoured with chocolate and orange, and decorated with chocolate strands and sugar sprinkles.2012, Abigail Wheatley, “[Little cakes] Chocolate orange cakepops”, in Little Cakes and Cookies to Bake, London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.…. From the entry cakepop
  • Here, at apparently reasonable prices, is a fanfaronade of cakes decorated electric pink, yellow, or blue.2010, Ed Vulliamy, chapter 9, in Amexica, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 297. From the entry fanfaronade
  • White and crisp and full, but pinned over an underscarf, and this underscarf was decorated with lace.2010, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism, page 368. From the entry underscarf
  • Some makitras were beautifully decorated from the outside and it was either glossy or dull.2010, Nadejda Reilly, “Kutia, Bleenchiki, Sweet Zapikanka, Kisil, Compote, and Other Desserts and Toppings”, in Ukrainian Cuisine with an…. From the entry makitra
  • The wall was decorated with lithoes by Keith Haring, amongst others.2006, Marc Declercq, Just Cooking: Kristof and Stefan Boxy, page 5. From the entry lithoes
  • Bridget slipped into the room, which had been decorated with a Sesame Street motif.2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim, page 86. From the entry Sesame Street
  • His bronze breastplate was decorated in silver, and he carried his sword hanging from a chain-mail baldric.2001, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, chapter 27, in Iain Halliday, transl., Alexander: The Sands of Ammon […], London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry baldric
  • It has a spherical body, and is decorated at top and bottom with languettes, or 'tongue' ornament.1999, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Ancient Greeks West and East, →ISBN. From the entry languette
  • It was really badly decorated – all peely patterned wallpaper and threadbare furniture.1999, Anouchka Grose Forrester, Ringing for You: A Love Story with Interruptions, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 192. From the entry peely
  • Rookwood soon became world famous for its beautifully decorated vases, gardenware and faience.1998, The American Ceramic Society: 100 Years, The American Ceramic Society, →ISBN, pages 43–44. From the entry gardenware
  • One Cub Scout pulled his sister in a Radio Flyer decorated with small American flags.1997, Samuel F. Pickering, “The Blue Caterpillar”, in The Blue Caterpillar and Other Essays, page 63. From the entry brownie
  • The front side has a raised border; it is decorated with a tabula between two shields.1997, J. H. M. Strubbe, Arai Epitymbioi: Imprecations Against Desecrators of the Grave in the Greek Epitaphs of Asis Minor, page 210. From the entry tabula
  • Inside, the room was decorated with a huge mural of John and Yoko.1996, Francesca Lia Block, Dragons in Manhattan. From the entry bed-in
  • The Hathor abaci above the Mammisi capitals were only decorated on the east flank.1989, Eleni Vassilika, “The Work Methods of the Artisan at Philae”, in Ptolemaic Philae (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 34), Leuven…. From the entry abacus
  • The panes are of black velvet, decorated like the doublet and showing off the violet taffeta.1988, Dora Liscia Bemporad, Il Costume nell'età del Rinascimento, page 298. From the entry pluderhose
  • All the reed-roofed temples were decorated with "mixcoas," or "cloud-serpents," representing the Chichimec deity, Mixcoatl.1969, Elsa M. Redmond, Joseph W. Hopkins, Mary G. Hodge, Irrigation & the Cuicatec Ecosystem, A Study of Agriculture & Civilization in…. From the entry reed-roofed
  • Saloon — The Spot, where George Randall has decorated everything decoratable, including the ceiling.1965 December 11, The Evansville Press, 60th year, number 140, Evansville, Ind., page 7. From the entry decoratable
  • The Noonans then went in and decorated every “decoratable” corner of their home.1961 December 20, Gingie Reed, “Christmas Calls On A New Street”, in Journal Herald, 154th year, number 303, Dayton, Ohio, page 23. From the entry decoratable

Meaning of decorated

  1. adjective Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.
  2. adjective Having received prizes, awards, laurels, etc.
  3. adjective In one of the styles of English Gothic architecture.

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Questions about decorated in a sentence

How do you use decorated in a sentence?
Decorated is used as an adjective. For example: “She had just finished knitting a tea cosy decorated with a floral pattern.”
What is a short sentence with decorated?
“a decorated footballer”
What does decorated mean?
Decorated means having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.

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