How to Use ornate in a Sentence

ornate

adjective

• She doesn't like ornate jewelry.
• Browne and Bolton’s taste in décor is a mix of the ornate and the severe.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Mix up the types of frames, from gold and ornate to simple and sleek.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2024
• An ornate wooden mirror, 10 feet high or more, stands at the front of the room.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• The same ornate designs are often found on the cuffs of Yup’ik boots — or piluguq — and around the wrist cuffs or bottom hem of parkas.
  — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• The throne room is more than 130 feet long, with ornate gilded moldings.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
• The ornate mesh that spans the length of the dashboard and conceals the HVAC vents also gets exclusive red trim.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023
• Tran rejoined the group date in an orange long-sleeve dress with an ornate cutout.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
• The ornate vintage designs on the brand’s famed packaging spoke to her, as did the scents.
  — Jessamine Chan, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
• An ornate cane that might’ve been a distinguished prop for a rapper in the Nineties was used as a crutch.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• The actress pulled her hair back in an ornate ponytail, which ran down her back.
  — Julia Teti, WWD, 23 July 2024
• There was an ornate dresser too large for the apartment, and a small sofa.
  — John Beck, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
• Find anything from a retro leather jacket to a box of ornate buttons.
  — Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023
• The ornate wedding cake that was Monte Carlo coming alight in the blue wash of May twilight.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• The festival is now in its 43rd year at the church, which is one of Detroit's oldest and most ornate.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2024
• And at the center of the spread stood an ornate Seder plate decorated with scenes from the Passover story.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• So go ahead and pair a bed frame with sharp lines and angles with a bench that shows off some ornate wood carving.
  — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2024
• As Monarch, the Queen delivers the speech from the ornate Sovereign's Throne.
  — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022
• The princess accessorized the look with a pair of ornate earrings, while wearing her hair in loose curls.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Dec. 2022
• But don’t forget the ornate details of the Gothic style, Goerzen warns.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2024
• On the tables, there are rulers, candles and kistkas, a stylus-like tool used to draw ornate designs in wax on the egg.
  — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2022
• The 2,000-year-old still life features an ornate goblet of wine, fruit and other items in front of a black background.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
• There was no belt, no ornate jewelry: the necktie was the focal point.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2023
• An ornate, enormous chocolate cake with white-pearl sprinkles — made from scratch — sits in the fridge.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
• But the overall effect is so ornate that movies seem almost beside the point.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The chapel contained an ornate mural with gilded wooden carvings at one end of the chapel, which Maguire said was built in the mid-1800s.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
• Strangio will present the arguments for these plaintiffs at the lectern in the ornate courtroom.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
• With ornate window displays and high towers, the busy street comes to life and gives you a taste of the buzz that makes NYC so addicting.
  — Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2023
• Just beyond sits an ornate display of confectionery made by pastry chef and chocolatier Matt Serkes.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
• The discovery reveals the ornate way that Romans decorated their homes.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024