Sample Sentences for
ornate
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  • Shoto took the sword and drew its ornate blade a few inches from the scabbard.  (source)
  • It was a magnificent mirror, as high as the ceiling, with an ornate gold frame, standing on two clawed feet.  (source)
  • The furniture, a mixture of Logan-crafted walnut and oak, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling,  (source)
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  • "Oh, it's an ornate scallop, Pecten ornatus," Kya said.  (source)
    ornate = having lots of decorative detail
  • As I sipped sweet tea and fidgeted, his Holiness rooted around in an adjacent cabinet, brought out a large, ornately decorated book, and handed it to me.†  (source)
  • Several of these referred to Guy Francon, "who has a tendency to the overornate, but must be commended for his loyalty to the strict tradition of Classicism."†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overornate means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
  • When we finished, our bunk beds looked sort of plain, so we spray-painted the sides with ornate red and black curlicues.  (source)
    ornate = decorative detail of
  • Maybe he was my several times great grandfather, but still vaguely alive in the memory of my family because his daughter had bought a large Bible in an ornately carved, wooden chest and had begun keeping family records in it.†  (source)
  • Ever since then I have been passed from hand to hand within the firm, like some ornate silver teapot fobbed off on each new generation as a wedding gift, but that nobody ever uses.  (source)
    ornate = fancy
  • Heavy lace curtains hung at the window, ornately frilled and draped.†  (source)
  • The cutlery is antique French and ornate.†  (source)
  • I'm sure the Doctor felt grand to have two such ornately dressed women kneeling at his feet that way.†  (source)
  • Here's a large ornate room crammed with trinkets and crates and books and mechanical parts.†  (source)
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