Read full poem →used to lick the lump into a shape : for some of their
pieces they adorned with dumb shews, some with cho-
ruses, and some they introduced and explained by an
Dictionary Entry
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
In a Sentence
“a character adorned with every Christian grace”
Origin
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Poetry examples for “adorned”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →All gleamed compact and green with scale on scale,
But special burnishment adorned his mail
And special terror weighed upon his frown; 20
Read full poem →All gleamed compact and green with scale on scale,
But special burnishment adorned his mail,
And special terror weighed upon his frown;
Read full poem →thousand others, who never knew what it was to have a soul during the
latter part of their lives; yet, sir, these men adorned society. Why
isn’t there A——, now, who you know as well as I? Is
Read full poem →a divine gift and heavenly instinct not to be gotten by labour and
learning, but adorned with both; and poured into the wit by a certain
Enthousiasmos and celestial inspiration, as the Author hereof elsewhere
Read full poem →"Temple Bar being, since its rebuilding, adorned with four stately
statues, viz. those of Queen Elizabeth and King James, on the
Read full poem →The bard who first adorned our native tongue
Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song;
Read full poem →Ye who beheld, (oh! sight admired and mourned,
Whose radiance mocked the ruin it adorned!)
Through clouds of fire the massy fragments riven,
Read full poem →Thrice clapped his hands, and called his steed,[137]
Resigned his gem-adorned chibouque,[138]
And mounting featly for the mead,
Read full poem →At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks adorned the venerable place;
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
