Example Sentences

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“Before, I was decorating people, and now I get to decorate their homes! Our homes reflect our individuality, our spirit and our style.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Months later, as the couple was decorating a tiny Christmas tree in early December, he handed her the final ornament: a pouch with a ring inside.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

The fictional novel tells the story of how Dillon was decorating his Christmas tree when it exploded, magically transporting him back to the year 1621.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2022

As her hoops addiction grew, she was decorating the covers of her diaries with content snipped out of Slam magazine.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021

And then we were off, while the first battalion was decorating its hats with white, and jeering at us as future enemies.

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen