bedeck
verb (used with object)
to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.
bedecking
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present participleof bedeck.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It was a show of tradition as the procession approached the castle, with the bright flag bedecking the late queen’s coffin standing out amid the more somber tones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
“The Abolitionists hoped that bedecking slaves in Union blue and enlisting us in a fight for our own freedom would make men of us,” Etheridge says.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
The magnate hated it, and in 1904, he sold it to Charles Lang Freer, who reassembled it in the States, bedecking it with ceramics from Iran, Japan, China, Syria and Korea.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
Maxx and other retailers high and low, the masses are swooning over Beckham bedecking our favorite box store.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2017
If mothers will remember that children are not dolls, and that mothers are not children to take pleasure in bedecking them, they will need no advice about dressing their little ones.
From Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife by Marion Mills Miller
