Sentence examples for as ornaments from inspiring English sources

Such plumes were highly prized as ornaments in Middle Eastern ceremonial dress.

He added: "They think of the celebrities as ornaments.

He saw them as "ornaments" that obstruct truth.

The parade is essentially a television commercial for pickup trucks, with ballplayers serving as ornaments.

Highly prized as ornaments, the shells were traded far into the interior.

For instance, their horns, often seen as ornaments, actually disperse excess body heat.

They were too plain to use as ornaments, too few to make a dress.

It is not hard to see MPs as ornaments who distract voters as their democratic institutions fade away.

Sphinxes decorated vases, ivories, and metal works and in the late Archaic period occurred as ornaments on temples.

And while sales have slowed, new models keep appearing, and they are bought not just as ornaments but as collectibles.

Some 15 artists, including Kez 5, Ghost, NATO and VFR, contribute painted sculptures that double as ornaments and modular furniture.