How to Use ornamentation in a Sentence

ornamentation

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  • A bright ribbon was used for ornamentation.
  • The size and shape of the strange spikes along the tail and the ornamentation on the skull help mark it as a novel ankylosaur species.
    — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 9 May 2017
  • The rich ornamentation over the windows and doors was like the frosting on the cake.
    — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021
  • There's a lot to unpack here, but the story, with a poor cut or two from editing, is used as ornamentation to break up the main arc.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Brought a robust ornamentation and sense of scale to the building.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Her ornamentation wasn’t free, and she was reduced to rolling around on the floor to express feeling.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Modernists such as these two spurned the classical lines and ornamentation of the past.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • Trucks were simpler in 1970, less about the ornamentation than the purpose.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Experts have proposed all sorts of tell-tale signs, from ornamentation on the skull to the spacing and angle of splint-like bones beneath the tail.
    — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • While the railing design lies on the subtler end of the spectrum, its slight ornamentation gives it the feel of something extra.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
  • Osbourne asks, admiring the gold-leafed ornamentation on the walls of his suite.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Efforts will be made to reuse ornamentation of the building in the new structure.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2019
  • On a recent Sunday, one of them, Jorge Cruz, 39, lifted a 15-pound glove studded with nails and other ornamentation in the air.
    — Walter Thompson-Hernández, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The only ornamentation is what Clifford has scrawled on the office’s dry-erase boards, including a few plays and the start date of the Magic’s training camp.
    — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2018
  • Those that pool or puddle are out, as are swags and other ornamentation.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Turner does just that, with whimsical touches of folk style ornamentation and bright pops of white and red.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Malin's desire for a spare kitchen called for lots of white and little ornamentation.
    — Paige Porter Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • His clothes spoke volumes with their absence of any sort of ornamentation save for an embroidered flower or two around the waist of a coat or a shoulder of a shirt.
    — Blue Carreon, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • One of the defining pieces of the design is the Queen Anne chair, an armchair with curved lines, minimal ornamentation, a cushioned seat, and cabriole legs.
    — Sienna Fantozzi, House Beautiful, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Dear Readers: The necktie has been a part of men’s (and even women’s) fashion for hundreds of years, but experts agree that the main purpose of the tie is to add color and ornamentation.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 18 July 2019
  • Smart and chic with clean lines and restrained ornamentation, the suites are a study in minimalist design.
    — Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Donning their full mating ornamentation with red bodies, green heads, and long hooked kypes for the males, Bristol Bay sockeye are ready to spawn.
    — Jessie Sheldon, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Such tiny beads could have been woven into the young woman’s hair as ornamentation.
    — National Geographic, 1 July 2017
  • But dinosaurs were far from the first animals to evolve such ornamentation.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The birds readily nest in boxes in the wild and have striking plumage that seems ideal for testing ideas about the evolutionary point of the ornamentation.
    — Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2020
  • For those looking to experiment, screens provide a low-lift way to add ornamentation to a space.
    — Michelle Brunner, Twin Cities, 15 June 2019
  • There was often more ornamentation on the exterior, like more ornate molding with trim around the front door, windows, and along the eaves under the roof.
    — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Frames around the windows and entryways on the parlor floor have a line of abstract petal shapes that fan upward like flames or the drippy ornamentation on the gates and roofs of Hindu temples.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 July 2023
  • This unique blend of cultures unfolded within a single iconic melody, brought to life by the ornamentation of the ney – a traditional and widely cherished Arabic reed instrument.
    — Billboard Arabia, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Like the Cincinnati Union Terminal’s centered clock and the inward-facing bas-reliefs flanking the arched building, ornamentation, as well as color, is added harmoniously with the structure.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024

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