"adorn" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to making something more attractive or decorated with something beautiful. For example: She adorned the walls of the room with vibrant paintings.
My first impression: This book is an exquisitely written true story about a quest to see a wild saola -- an animal that inhabits the mountainous jungles that adorn the border between Laos and Vietnam.
Van Riebeeck's face also used to adorn the national currency, the rand, which now bears the image of the first black president, Nelson Mandela.
Just 18% think a statue of Thatcher should adorn the spare plinth in Trafalgar Square (Conservative supporters divide 38% in favour, 43% against).
It's easy to disparage our native birds when compared with the gorgeous strutting colour bombs that adorn other nations: the Guatemalan quetzal or Papua New Guinea's bird of paradise, for example.
While in other parts of the world images of starving children adorn headlines, in Guatemala the story is a different one.
The disc is the largest clockface in the world – and not only does it adorn the tallest clocktower in the world, it also sits atop a building boasting the biggest floor area in the world.
Coirón's wood-block street scenes adorn the walls of local cafes and hotels and have an energy about them that is vividly redolent of a city whose grit and soul remain intact.
Parents there noticed each other at a special section for children, where dolls and other toys adorn the graves.
President Kennedy deliberately mispronounced Laos as "Lay-os", lest Americans think he wanted to go to war with a small bug.After government service, Thompson built up the Thai silk business that bears his name and collected artefacts to adorn the Bangkok house which is still on the tourist itinerary.
Many of the brands that adorn the "cathedral of all stores", as Marshall Field himself called the present building, can also be found in the boutiques along nearby glitzy Michigan Avenue.
Her sister's abstract oils adorn the walls, and pots and pans hang from the ceiling of a tiny kitchen space that could fit in a cupboard.
