adorn
verb (used with object)
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments.
is adorning
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present progressiveof adorn (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of these men is at least honest about who he is, adorning himself in red flags that read caveat emptor.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025
But I remain baffled why a major corporation put time and money into making such a silly series of videos that is neither especially entertaining nor useful and arguably undermines the product it is adorning.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2017
He struggles to believe his invention is adorning a horse that bookies have installed as hot favorite to win one of the world's most glamorous races.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2012
How bright, my dear mother, this sweet summer morning, Does everything round me appear; The sun the tall steeples with gold is adorning, And lights up the skies blue and clear.
From Our Gift by Boston Teachers of the School Street Universalist Sunday School
When past the shower, and ev’ry flower The garden is adorning.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
