DECORATIVE in a Sentence
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124 example sentences for DECORATIVE, such as:
1. I'll finish the decorations for you.
2. The soldier was decorated for bravery.
3. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
4. The style is ornate and highly decorative.
5. The king decorated his official for ability.
2. The soldier was decorated for bravery.
3. We decorated the house on a tight budget.
4. The style is ornate and highly decorative.
5. The king decorated his official for ability.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DECORATIVE
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decorative
a. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
Classic Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1 The company, in obedience to the decorative instinct which calls for fine clothes in fine surroundings, had dressed rather with an eye to Mrs. Bry's background than to herself.
2 Under the masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at which they aimed in ordinary life.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Then they dressed him in uniform with his decorations and placed his shriveled little body on a table.
6 Prince Vasili, who having obtained a new post and some fresh decorations was particularly proud at this time, seemed to him a pathetic, kindly old man much to be pitied.
7 Remembering what Aunt Pitty had told her about the Elsing finances, she wondered where the money for the satin dress had been obtained and for the refreshments and decorations and musicians too.
8 Even while they were removing their overshoes they were peeping at the new decorations.
9 Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people.
10 There were no decorations in the hall this time; but there was quite a crowd upon the platform, and almost every seat in the place was filled.
11 Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.
12 She was gazing up too, but not at the decorations.
13 "The decorations, I suppose, are left over from the Coronation," said Mrs. Parker.
14 Then I got a big pebble from the river, and came and hammered till I had flattened a coil in the decorations, and the verdigris came off in powdery flakes.
15 The decorations of the boudoir had then been left entirely to Madame Danglars and Lucien Debray.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 When he bought his house, he began to look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters.
2 It is unusual to have decorative girl's baseballs; but you can see pink baseball mitts there.
3 An ornamental plant is a plant that is grown for its decorative qualities, rather than for its commercial or other value.
4 She drew a decorative border around the picture.
5 The style is ornate and highly decorative.
6 The door of the old church was embellished with decorations.
7 I'll finish the decorations for you.
8 A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military decorations says he warned Adm.
9 The king decorated his official for ability.
10 The room was decorated with a very artistic touch.
11 We decorated the house on a tight budget.
12 They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.
13 The bathroom is decorated in green and yellow.
14 We retained the original fireplace when we decorated the room.
15 The soldier was decorated for bravery.