Sentence examples for decorative like from inspiring English sources

Some are purely decorative, like the beaded girdles of Dinka warriors and their couture copies by Galliano.

Some pieces are useful, like pitchers and saltcellars, while others are purely decorative, like the figurines below ($6.95 to $9.95).

3. Garnish with something decorative, like an edible flower, an orange twist or a gooseberry with skin peeled back.

It makes the ballet dancer look decorative, like a hollow person," he says matter-of-factly, as if there can be no dispute.

These artisans represent more than 200 professions throughout the country, including those devoted to food, like fromagers, chocolatiers and butchers; others that deal with the decorative, like hairdressers, florists and corset-makers; and even fields like Web design and taxidermy.

The only way he beats Elizabeth Warren, his Democratic rival, and wins re-election is to persuade his state's voters that the "R" attached to his name is purely decorative, like the hood ornaments on a couple of old Cadillacs.

For one thing, as Ben Mauk wrote, some research suggests that people who work in offices "enriched" by plants (or by other decorative elements, like art) are more productive.

And I had the feeling I was looking at children, decorative, doll-like children, and not real women.

In the full-page cover (2/27/32) which appears on p. 125 and is rendered in an uncharacteristically decorative, Irvin-like manner, the sparrow-brained white female tourist is the natural prey of the hawk-beaked Middle-Eastern scam artists.

Van Alen's original design for the skyscraper called for a decorative jewel-like glass crown.

The site's Teacher Store offers them a discount on 6,000 items that range from phonics workbooks to so-called classroom decoratives (like a chalkboard banner that says "I Think I Can, I Know I Can").