festoon
noun
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
festooned
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past participleof festoon.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof festoon.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
festoonnouna string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
Example Sentences
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Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
A block later I hobbled past the Justice Department, its facade festooned with a giant banner of Trump’s face.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Within 10 years, the commercial districts of major cities were festooned with the new telephone wires added to the old telegraph poles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
"Europe's security under construction" boasts the slogan on an eye-catching set of sleek black-and-white photographs, festooned across a scaffolding-clad church on one of this town's best known pedestrian boulevards.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
He remembered walls of pale red stone festooned with patches of nitre, a grey door of splintered wood, four inches thick and studded with iron.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
