DECORATION in a Sentence

Learn DECORATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
124 example sentences for DECORATION, such as:
1. I'll finish the decorations for you.
2. He is an expert on Islamic decoration.
3. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
4. The king decorated his official for ability.
5. The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DECORATION
decoration
 n.  the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
 n.  an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1  He was forced to acknowledge with consternation that this apparent door was simply the wooden decoration of a building against which it was placed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT
2  A large crucifix fastened to the wall completed the decoration of this refectory, whose only door, as we think we have mentioned, opened on the garden.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS
3  The Attorney for the Crown had him warned that the authorities would prosecute him for "illegal" wearing of this decoration.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
4  The sole decoration of the four rooms on the ground floor, which composed his lodgings, consisted of framed herbariums, and engravings of the old masters.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MABEUF
5  The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, "Animal Hero, First Class," which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
6  It was announced that the battle would be called the Battle of the Windmill, and that Napoleon had created a new decoration, the Order of the Green Banner, which he had conferred upon himself.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
7  My pockets had always puzzled Weena, but at the last she had concluded that they were an eccentric kind of vase for floral decoration.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VII
8  Except for that small expenditure in the decoration of her infant, Hester bestowed all her superfluous means in charity, on wretches less miserable than herself, and who not unfrequently insulted the hand that fed them.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
9  As the last touch to her mermaid's garb, Pearl took some eel-grass and imitated, as best she could, on her own bosom the decoration with which she was so familiar on her mother's.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
10  This shadow play slowly surrounded the head like a decoration or lofty distinction.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
11  They were so narrow they seemed to be there as decoration on the column rather than for anyone to use.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
12  The new decoration of the Premises contributed much to the magnificence of the spectacle.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER X
13  Under the masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at which they aimed in ordinary life.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VII
14  He narrated that episode so persistently and with so important an air that everyone believed in the merit and usefulness of his deed, and he had obtained two decorations for Austerlitz.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XI
15  A large crowd of militiamen and domestics were moving toward her, and in their midst several men were supporting by the armpits and dragging along a little old man in a uniform and decorations.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  It was a building without any adornment or decoration.
2  He is an expert on Islamic decoration.
3  The decoration and furnishings had to be practical enough for a family home.
4  Such decoration was a typical feature of the baroque period.
5  A home does not consist in the quality of its architecture and decoration.
6  His style of interior decoration was eclectic: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor.
7  If you're not sure where to start when selecting Christmas decoration, spend a few minutes considering the colors that you want to focus in.
8  The door of the old church was embellished with decorations.
9  I'll finish the decorations for you.
10  A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military decorations says he warned Adm.
11  The king decorated his official for ability.
12  The room was decorated with a very artistic touch.
13  We decorated the house on a tight budget.
14  They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.
15  The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.