adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
are adorning
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present progressiveof adorn.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Instead, hotels are adorning lobbies with hand sanitizing dispensers and will be limiting how many people lounge by pools.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
Around the country — the world, probably — people are adorning themselves with DJ Khaled’s signature phrases.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2015
Baskets of pine branches are adorning street lamps, courtesy of volunteers with Greenwich Green and Clean, and individual stores are providing decorations on their businesses up and down the avenue.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2014
Photograph: Mike Hoban Tisbe and Clorinda, the daughters of Don Magnifico, are adorning themselves extravagantly, and indulging in ecstasies of self-admiration.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012
While these royal beauties are adorning the highlands, others, perhaps even more lovely, are blooming in the cañons, under the trees, and beside the noisy brooks.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne
