garnish
verb (used with object)
have garnished
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present perfectof garnish.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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The bigger businesses have garnished their parking spaces, too, with pot plants and deckchairs.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2018
“The IRS would have taken his tax return for child support if he’d filed and, if he had a job, the state would have garnished his wages.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
The legends with which the Greeks and Latins have garnished the spot have no more sacredness for you than the hideous, unreal, barbaric pictures and ornaments which they have lavished on it.
From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray
In full compliance with this prudent determination, he touched neither the ale nor the brandy which were placed before him, and declined peremptorily the sack with which his friend would have garnished the board.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
I have garnished thy tomb, and it waiteth not for its prey.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
