Embellishments
[im'beliʃmənts]
Examples
- The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact--of absolute undeniable fact--from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Pray glance at some of these churches and their embellishments, and see whether the Government is doing a righteous thing or not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus set forth, with the additional embellishments of a very little tail to his coat, and a yawning gulf at his waistband, Sloppy stood confessed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Bradley