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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lynn couldn't help embellishing the story.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Could there be a clearer, less embellished example of knowledge by identity?
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He says the truth is sensational enough without anyone having to embellish it.
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If they have, you can embellish the tale of the Leprous Pavanne from the Introduction in a similar way.
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Neither she nor Mike exaggerate or embellish .
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The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable.
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The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911, with the predictable result.
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This elevation of feeling, found in passionate, frenetic gestures and embellished, emotional language, supplies the persuasive element.
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You may want to embellish the walk through the woods and the dwarfs' house, and even name the dwarfs.