Sentence examples for decorating from inspiring English sources

'decorating' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used as a verb to refer to the act of making something (e.g. a room or a cake) look visually appealing with ornaments or decorations. For example, "They spent the day decorating the nursery for the new baby."

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decorating

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Present participle of decorate

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Laque burgauté, also spelled Lac Burgauté, in the decorative arts, East Asian technique of decorating lacquer ware with inlaid designs employing shaped pieces of the iridescent blue-green shell of the sea-ear (Haliotis).

Karl Marx was a bookish gent with a huge bushy beard but that has not stopped his image decorating many a student bedroom down the years.

Whether you're covering eggs with a coat or two of paint, making handmade cards or decorating bonnets, Easter is a time for arts and crafts in school.

People from all over the country have been inspired to think more of the humble napkin, by decorating them as part of a Bristol-based craft project to inspire those living with dementia.

Now he's the chief executive at lender CIT, but back in 2009, his $1.2m office decorating bill, including a $35,000 commode, helped make it much easier for Bank of America to push him toward the exit.

A friend offered me a job painting and decorating.

My dad would finish his milk round and have a bite to eat before painting and decorating with his mate.

A fun activity from Arkive involves students decorating the egg with their favourite endangered animal's face.

The Artangel team has taken over a former Fads decorating shop, soon to be torn down, in a shabby, rundown square near Archway tube station in north London.

After leaving school with zero qualifications (no dunce, he would attend night school at a later date, and pass his exams with straight As), Carlyle followed his father into the painting and decorating trade.

Before the vote on Friday, Twitter was filled with pictures of people returning home to have their say on gay marriage, with some decorating their trains accordingly: Others, upon their return, found their parents had decorated for them: The account @gettheboat2vote Twitter account has been encouraging Irish citizens overseas to travel home and has also been sharing their stories.

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