bedeck
verb (used with object)
to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.
bedecked
Example Sentences
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And despite her middle-class upbringing, some see Lagarde as an elitist, often bedecked in Chanel and carrying bags from Hermès or Louis Vuitton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Matt Gibson, 52, moors his sage-green houseboat, bedecked with plants, on the Regent's Canal near central London.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
An exception to this was at the start of July when lampposts between the University of Birmingham and the Edgbaston cricket ground were bedecked with Palestinian flags - they were quickly taken down.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
Style: Dylan performed in mime makeup and a broad-brimmed hat bedecked in flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
The beaming faces of large-bellied men in three-piece suits and matronly-looking women bedecked with jewelry gazed up at him.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
