Example Sentences

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After blooming, you can remove the faded flower stems to leave a basal cluster of leaves that persists ornamentally through the winter.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2018

For the new tracks with yMusic, the textures of the ensemble instruments – string trio, flute, clarinet, trumpet – are not ornamentally grafted on the music: they are the music.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2015

As described in the booklet, the hike also includes a visit to the ornamentally carved Nalaknad Palace, built in 1791 by Veerarajendra, the embattled ruler of Coorg.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010

One white inmate drummed his tattooed fingers and pulled at a diamond ornamentally embedded in his ear lobe.

From Time Magazine Archive

I admire the mode of your shoulder-knot; methinks it hangs very emphatically, and carries an air of travel in it: your sword-knot too is most ornamentally modish, and bears a foreign mien.

From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by Farquhar, George