ORNAMENT in a Sentence
Learn ORNAMENT 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.
122 example sentences for ORNAMENT, such as:
1. Modesty is the ornament of woman.
2. Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
3. Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
4. The flowers were put on the table for ornament.
5. The building style is plain, with very little ornament.
2. Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
3. Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
4. The flowers were put on the table for ornament.
5. The building style is plain, with very little ornament.
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Meanings and Examples of ORNAMENT
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ornament
v. be an ornament to
v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Classic Sentence: (101 in 7 pages)
1 Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament.
2 "There is a lovely old-fashioned pearl set in the treasure chest, but Mother said real flowers were the prettiest ornament for a young girl, and Laurie promised to send me all I want," replied Meg.
3 This funny spectacle appeared to amuse the sun, for he burst out with such radiance that Jo woke up and roused her sisters by a hearty laugh at Amy's ornament.
4 I took them out of the store room and folded them up myself, and I gave him also the gold brooch to wear as an ornament.
5 I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs.
6 She had then on a dark-blue silk dress; her arms and her neck were bare; her only ornament was her chestnut tresses, which waved over her shoulders with all the wild grace of natural curls.
7 Her indifferent state of health unhappily prevents her being in town; and by that means, as I told Lady Catherine one day, has deprived the British court of its brightest ornament.
8 Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily-painted canisters disposed along its ledge.
9 Thus, gentle reader, I have given thee a faithful history of my travels for sixteen years and above seven months: wherein I have not been so studious of ornament as of truth.
10 It seemed really to the little maiden as though she were sitting before a large iron stove, with burnished brass feet and a brass ornament at top.
11 "Of which he is the brightest ornament," said Beauchamp, drinking off a glass of champagne.
12 The mourning in her heart forbade her assuming this simple ornament, though she had not yet had time to put on the outward semblance of woe.
13 Mademoiselle Eugenie was dressed with elegant simplicity in a figured white silk dress, and a white rose half concealed in her jet black hair was her only ornament, unaccompanied by a single jewel.
14 That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
15 You are not to have, in any object of use or ornament, what would be a contradiction in fact.
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
2 Modesty is not only and ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
3 The wind such as flower of time, and you become the most beautiful ornament.
4 Truth's best ornament is nakedness.
5 Modesty is the ornament of woman.
6 Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
7 The building relies on clever design rather than on ornament for its impressive effect.
8 Every book and ornament was returned to its rightful place when we had finished painting the room.
9 The building style is plain, with very little ornament.
10 The flowers were put on the table for ornament.
11 There was no superfluous ornament in the room, not one modern piece of furniture, everything looked at once well worn and well saved.
12 It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space.
13 Our mirth is then indeed an ornament to us when we serve God and honor him with it.
14 A small, glittering ornament, such as a rhinestone or a sequin, applied to fabric or a garment.
15 There was no superfluous ornament in the room -- not one modern piece of furniture, save a brace of workboxes and a lady's desk in rosewood, which stood on a side-table: everything -- including the carpet and curtains -- looked at once well worn and well saved.