All 9 Uses of
ornate
in
Angels & Demons
- He stared at the ornate lettering in disbelief.†
Chpt 1 *
- It had a red brick facade, an ornate balustrade, and sat framed by sculpted symmetrical hedges.†
Chpt 8
- An ornate hallway.†
Chpt 11-12
- Ornate and impeccably furnished, the hallways contained paintings Langdon was certain any museum worldwide would gladly have featured in its main gallery.†
Chpt 35-36
- Langdon could see that the top sheet was an ornate pen and ink cover sheet with the title, the date, and Galileo's name in his own hand.†
Chpt 51-52
- He studied the ornate hand etching of the cover, his vision blurring in the lack of humidity.†
Chpt 51-52
- He motioned to a particularly ornate funerary across the dome and to the left.†
Chpt 61-62
- Langdon didn't know whether it was the docent's words or the ornate tombs around them that brought the revelation to mind, but it didn't matter.†
Chpt 61-62
- When churches honored their most distinguished members with ornate tombs inside the sanctuary, surviving family members often demanded the family be buried together …. thus ensuring they too would have a coveted burial spot inside the church.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(ornate) of a thing: having lots of decorative detail
of speech: more complicated than necessary because of unusual words and phrases (fans might call it flowery or finely finished, but most would call it too complicated or showy)