Sentence examples for bedeck from inspiring English sources

'bedeck' is an acceptable word in written English.
It typically means to decorate something, usually with something that is more than just functional; such as jewelry or ornaments. For example, you could say "She bedecked her dress with a beautiful necklace and matching earrings."

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bedeck

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To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

  • She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.

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Flowers bedeck the fragility of the convict and I garlanded myself, lovingly pursuing a journey through sweat, sperm and blood that led to prison.

Floral displays bedeck parts of Lhasa.

£110, gingerlily.co.uk 8/10 Bedeck Memory Foam Pillow Finally, a memory foam pillow that doesn't look odd.

The Best Bed Linen In The World Savoy Pillow, £45 2. The Good Sleep Expert Slim Pillow, £14.99 3. The Tempur Cloud Pillow, £89.99 4. John Lewis Quilted V Neck Pillow, £25 5. Linea Goose Down Pillow, £75 6. Hästens Travel Pillow, £90 7. Gingerlily 100% Silk Filled Pillow, £110 8. Bedeck Memory Foam Pillow, £19.20 9.

The resources of the domineering chiefs are wrung from the starving serfs, and every additional bauble with which they bedeck themselves is purchased by the sufferings of their bondsmen; so that the measure of gew-gaw refinement attained by the chiefs is only an index to the actual state of degradation in which the greater portion of the population lie grovelling.

There are items available from past excursions, too: the plastic figurines depicting a dour Finnish man and woman were made to bedeck a confirmation cake, but they'd work well on the wedding cake of a couple least likely to succeed ($18).

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And not just mimosas – there are more than 700 different varieties bedecking the charming alleyways, full of galleries and craft shops that abruptly give way to dramatic views of forests and the bay of Lavandou.

The Modern Library chose to reprint the 1700-03 translatiof of "Don Quixote" by Peter Motteux; after that peppery stew of italicized names and apostrophe-bedeck'd past tenses, every other "Quixote" feels watered down.

And who would be left unmoved by the fake red velvet, edged in gold, that bedecks the plastic tray on which you are invited to lay your wallet?

A similar aquatic combo bedecks tallarin saltado de mariscos ($14.95) — in essence, spaghetti and seafood stir-fried in light soy sauce, dramatized by arching crab legs.

Bacon in various guises (speck, pancetta) abounds — wrapped around dates, strewed into salads, bedecking burgers, anchoring a B.L.T., adorning pasta, accenting roasted brussels sprouts.

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