All 6 Uses of
adorn
in
Babbitt
- His first adornment was the sleeveless dimity B.V.D. undershirt, in which he resembled a small boy humorlessly wearing a cheesecloth tabard at a civic pageant.†
Chpt 1 *
- Men were feverishly getting rid of visitors in offices adorned with the signs, "This Is My Busy Day" and "The Lord Created the World in Six Days—You Can Spiel All You Got to Say in Six Minutes."†
Chpt 12
- When I add that we have an unparalleled number of miles of paved streets, bathrooms vacuum cleaners, and all the other signs of civilization; that our library and art museum are well supported and housed in convenient and roomy buildings; that our park-system is more than up to par, with its handsome driveways adorned with grass, shrubs, and statuary, then I give but a hint of the all round unlimited greatness of Zenith!†
Chpt 14
- He found opportunities to remark that Dr. Angus was a benefactor to humanity, Maxwell and Howard Littlefield profound scholars, Charles McKelvey an inspiration to ambitious youth, and Mrs. McKelvey an adornment to the social circles of Zenith, Washington, New York, Paris, and numbers of other places.†
Chpt 15
- Babbitt's speech had lost the delicate refinement and all the broad A's with which he had adorned it, and become hearty and natural.†
Chpt 19
- Culture has become as necessary an adornment and advertisement for a city to-day as pavements or bank-clearances.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(adorn) to decorate -- especially a person