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 Warner, Susan