adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
has adorned
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present perfectof adorn (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Sports commentator Yan cast doubt on whether the reputation of Mbappe, whose face has adorned drinks bottles and advertising campaigns in China, can ever fully recover.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Al-Houthi’s face has adorned posters in Istanbul, Tunis and Tehran since the war began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
That vision to "change" Britain - the word that has adorned many a red lectern - has on occasion come up against the harsh reality of politics in the year since.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
The pualani, or “flower of the sky,” logo has adorned the tails of Hawaiian Airlines’ planes for decades and had several iterations over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
He resides in Orange County, New Jersey, about an hour's ride from New York, where he has a handsome country seat, which he has adorned with all the attractions that wealth and taste can command.
From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe
