ornament
noun
an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part.
have ornamented
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present perfectof ornament.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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In another city, at another moment, a show like “Cascando” might at least have ornamented the street life.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
In apparent artistic impulses, Neanderthals in many places used red-ochre pigments and might have ornamented themselves with feathers.
From Nature ● Aug. 17, 2020
Yet, although she was an inmate of Massachusetts, her face and figure would have ornamented any light-opera stage.
From Police!!! by Henry Hutt
Of the monuments with which Richelieu would have ornamented his town there remains a curious market-hall and a church in the pure Jesuitic style of architecture, lacking nothing of pretence and grandeur.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Then, in disgust, sore and disheartened, you will retire from the profession which perhaps your talents might have ornamented if they had been properly developed.
From Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors by George Iles
