(n.) The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
(n.) That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
(n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Behind her balcony, decorated with a flourishing pothos plant and a monarch butterfly chrysalis tied to a succulent with dental floss, sits the university’s power plant.
(2) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(3) Structural studies indicate that caveolae are decorated on their cytoplasmic surface by a unique array of filaments or strands that form striated coatings.
(4) The first-floor lounge is decorated in plush deep pink, with a mix of contemporary and neoclassical decor, and an antique dining table and chandelier.
(5) A small clinic consisting of 1 room decorated with pamphlets against AIDS, malaria, and other diseases was managed by the chief primary health care (PHC) assistant named Joseph.
(6) I also earned meals by decorating a wall in a local restaurant.
(7) CI evenly decorated the negatively charged surface of endothelial cells in the control brains, in contrast to markedly diminished iron binding capacity of endothelial cells in low pH-treated hemispheres.
(8) As expected, antibodies to actin decorated the microfilaments of the microvilli, giving rise to a very intense fluorescence.
(9) Men might not have frills and furbelows as women traditionally do, but they’ve got spurious function: knobs on their watches or extra pockets on their jackets that are just as decorative as anything women wear.” 6.
(10) Ornamental plants have long been used for indoor decoration.
(11) Richard Master is CEO and founder of MCS Industries, Inc, the leading US supplier of picture frames and decorative mirrors, with $170m in sales, 160 US employees and factories in Mexico and China.
(12) Microtubule depolymerization is associated with the binding of vinblastine in approximately molar stoichiometry to tubulin in microtubules with apparent low affinity, as determined by binding experiments with radiolabeled vinblastine and by the ability of vinblastine to inhibit DEAE-dextran decoration of microtubule surfaces.
(13) In fact, in keeping with its usual practice, the White House hasn't released any details about the menu, the decor, where dinner will be served or what Michelle Obama will wear and doesn't plan to until a few hours before Wednesday's event begins.
(14) He has decorated the former shop unit with a nautical theme.
(15) Ultra thin, even, and grainless tantalum films have been found effective in eliminating the charging artifacts caused by external fields, and the decoration artifacts caused by crystal growth as seen in gold films.
(16) Combined with gold-streptavidin, BHPP decorated the actin filament system at the light and electron microscopic level faithfully and with satisfactory density.
(17) The EPR data from [15N,2H]MTSL-S1 decorating fibers are combined with the fluorescence polarization data from the 1,5-IAEDANS-labeled fibers to map the global angular transition of the labeled cross-bridges due to nucleotide binding by an analytical method described in the accompanying paper [Burghardt, T. P., & Ajtai, K. (1992) Biochemistry (preceding paper in this issue)].
(18) Many families choose to decorate the coffin, either in the days leading up to the funeral or as part of the ceremony.
(19) Upon examination of the immunoreaction at the ultrastructural level, the ubiquitin antiserum decorated the cytokeratin filaments as well as MB filaments.
(20) For primary explorers, build habitats out of cardboard with sticky tape and get them to decorate their designs.
Spangle
Definition:
(n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
(n.) Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
(v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.
(v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the interim, Phil cut the solo albums Star Spangled Springer (1973), Phil's Diner (1974) and Mystic Line (1975), and appeared on Roy Wood's album Mustard and on Zevon's debut album in 1976.
(2) Kaepernick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang The Star-Spangled Banner and dozens of military members unfurled an oversize flag at the Chargers’ Qualcomm stadium.
(3) 1.29am BST National Anthem It's Game 7 so it's time to break out the big gun: The best Star Spangled Banner of all time.
(4) Alex McClintock (@axmcc) @LengelDavid @GdnUSsports @Busfield of course I will, it's going to be all about the #socks April 12, 2014 5.04am BST Star Spangled Banner It's Ashanti - and she's done it before as well.
(5) Apart from a recent Gay Pride parade performance of The Star-Spangled Banner , this will be Gaga's first gig since she cancelled 21 tour dates in February.
(6) By 1849, when the xenophobic “Order of the Star Spangled Banner” society was formed in New York to back nativist candidates, anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant tensions were running high and, over the next few years, the Know Nothings coalesced, winning numerous local and state elections.
(7) The two TV presenters broadcasting from the crowd – she in a gold-spangled minidress and rigid curls, him dour in black tie – shot baleful looks in his direction as he carried on honking.
(8) For The Star Spangled Banner, the Americans turn slightly to their left to face their flag, each player with one hand on his heart and the other on the left shoulder of the player in front of them.
(9) And after that terrible September morning when your homeland was attacked, the Coldstream guards at Buckingham Palace played the Star Spangled Banner.
(10) James McHenry, M.D., whose name is best known for the fort immortalized in the Star Spangled Banner, was one of the early members of Med Chi.
(11) They all stood together for the Star-Spangled Banner before dancing to Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA.
(12) I know, no Keith Moon, but still.... 12.58am BST The Star-Spangled Banner It's national anthem time, which means that first pitch is drawing nearer.
(13) Preparations for the visit have dominated local news for the past week: with security agents on rooftops, sniffer dogs on the ground and a Thai military band learning The Star-Spangled Banner in readiness for the first stop in Obama's three-country tour of the region that underscores his interest in pivoting US foreign policy towards the Pacific.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Obamas attend baseball game in Cuba with Raúl Castro By the time to two met again at the baseball stadium on Tuesday – listening to The Star Spangled Banner played for a second time in a city once threatened with American nuclear annihilation – there was even a flicker of warmth between them.
(15) Assimilation makes you stand up straight and recite the Star-Spangled Banner, forcing you to do push-ups when you can’t stop rolling your Rs.
(16) Britney Spears, mother of two, spangled-bikini wearer?
(17) 2.04am BST Tradition every NBA Finals from me: Marvin Gaye singing the Star Spangled Banner will get things kicked off from here.
(18) We’re treated to parachute teams carrying POW flags, fireworks displays, misty-eyed tributes, and a black Navy man, petty officer Steven Powell, singing the Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America.
(19) 3.12am BST Kick Off And we're underway... 3.11am BST Anthems and such: The Azerbaijan anthem has just drifted past us, and now the US fans are belting out a lustily out of synch version of the Star Spangled Banner, as their team clutch their hands to their breasts stoically.
(20) Approximately 12,500 parade participants danced, spangled and strutted on stilettos past a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered to watch the celebration.