Example Sentences

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The smooth wood decking around the perimeter of the house is patched in places where the wood was worn, but the patches were done decoratively in the shape of a small gourd.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Leave basil leaves whole or tear into 1-inch pieces, and place decoratively on salad.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

I like to layer the matzo decoratively across the center of the board because, after all, it's the star of the show.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

"Their night rest they give to the king," the newsreader intones decoratively.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2022

I learned how to make a simple skirt as well as to bake peach and cherry cobblers, crisscrossing the dough decoratively across the top.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson