embellish
verb (used with object)
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
were embellishing
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past progressiveof embellish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Santos ultimately acknowledged having misled voters about his educational and work history, saying that his sins were embellishing his resume and nothing more.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Defense lawyers have argued that Kelly’s accusers were embellishing their accounts or lying in order to profit or because they were unhappy their relationships didn’t work out.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2021
Here and there the soft-pointed top of a young cedar rose up between, not hindering, only as it were embellishing the view.
From Pine Needles by Susan Warner
