ADORN


Meaning of ADORN in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

wall

Several of Gemma's paintings adorn the walls .

Fortunately, there's usually groovy soul music playing and eye-catching art adorning the walls .

Vast modem frescoes adorned the walls of old buildings, and everywhere seemed to be filled with activity and colour.

Large, colorful graphs and charts will adorn the walls of most offices and factories of the workplace of the future.

Roman art continued to adorn the walls of churches and the sides of sarcophagi.

Their walk advertised a circus whose posters had adorned walls and lampposts for the past week.

These various ratings adorned the walls .

An equine print after the style of Stubbs adorned the longest wall .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Rings and gems adorned the fingers of both her hands.

The bridesmaids had adorned their heads with flowers.

The walls of the church were richly adorned with carvings and pictures.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Expect Mark and Jason Lee to adorn your screens right about now.

He dyed doves various bright colours to fly around and adorn the folly and the town.

Large, colorful graphs and charts will adorn the walls of most offices and factories of the workplace of the future.

Lava lamps adorned the stage, while watery, pulsating lights flashed behind them.

On a sunny day, it shimmers brightly, almost obscuring the fine frescoes and reliefs that now adorn the structure.

She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room.

The facades of the buildings were adorned with rich armorial bearings, which Rodrigo Vivero had described with admiration in 1609.

Vast modem frescoes adorned the walls of old buildings, and everywhere seemed to be filled with activity and colour.

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