ornately
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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This Safavid-era carpet created for an ancestral shrine in northwest Iran was gifted by J. Paul Getty and is prized for its ornately knotted design featuring lamps and central medallions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
At the end of the movie “Titanic,” Rose floats atop an ornately decorated piece of a door frame as her beloved Jack clings to its edge, holding her hand.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
In ornately decorated vestments, dozens of priests and officiants took part, swinging smoking incense censers and chanting the liturgy.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024
Nearby, in his ceramics shop, Garo Sandrouni paints glaze onto an ornately decorated bowl wondering what the future will bring.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023
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.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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