How to Use adornment in a Sentence

adornment

noun
  • The entrance to the building has little adornment.
  • Her room doesn't have any unnecessary adornments.
  • The high-low hair adornment has arrived.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
  • April, gold adornments appear on the walls.
    — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The tone of the book, too, is emptied, the prose scraped clean of adornment.
    — Megan Evershed, The New Republic, 9 July 2020
  • The cake is quick to whip up and requires no icing or adornment.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • An adornment built of rags, a corruption, a tin box in the craw of a doll.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Finish off the look with chunky gold earrings to match the adornments on the bag.
    — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Once the adornments have been removed from your tree, remove the stand from the tree.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Jewelry is so much more than adornment.
    — Raquel Reichard, Refinery29, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Yes, an adornment to society, a man who added to the gaiety of life.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 July 2021
  • The look was embellished with a floral adornment on the toe strap.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • But there are also other adornments throughout that add a bit of flair to the space.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Which parts of the ear are getting the most adoration through adornment right now?
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In a lovely red shade with an adorable bow adornment, this is the perfect pop of color.
    — Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • The only adornment was some foam for soundproofing on the walls.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Each braid forms a circle on top of her head and has tiny red adornment, carefully spaced out.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Here are some of the quaint, quirky, creative and humorous adornments not to be missed.
    — Daily Pilot Staff, Daily Pilot, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Spring fashion’s wild new shapes and bold adornments extend from head to toe in striking hues.
    — Naguel Rivero Ian Bradley, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • If designs aren’t your thing, there are plenty of picks without adornments on the shaft or toe.
    — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
  • His sculptural pieces pierce the membrane between art and adornment.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • As such, they were viewed as adornments through the 19th century.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2016
  • And somehow, under all the adornments, the fries stay crisp, immutable.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • A lot of her work explores the idea of adornment as a metaphor for community.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2024
  • The list goes on and on, but self-care and adornment around the world makes all the jet lag and hours traveling so worth it.
    — Priya Rao, The Cut, 22 June 2017
  • The flag had become a landmark, a giant adornment in the heart of downtown.
    — Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The curvy line can either be drawn or molded into a thick or thin sticker-like adornment.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, waist beads can also simply be a form of adornment, like any jewelry.
    — Meghan McCormick, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The adornments cover the entire bodice and torso, as well as sprinkled down the length of the piece.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In other words, which parts of the ear are getting the most adoration through adornment right now?
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 31 May 2022

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