1
as in decorating
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia
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as in illuminating
to supply with light
a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters
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Verb
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Singing was more fun than decorating cookies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Previously, Gerry had spent time decorating their yard with fanciful folk sculptures, including a bathtub painted to look like both a cow and a fighter plane, and also trying to preserve old buildings in town, but now his purpose narrowed.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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The bright lights illuminating the bed of the tow truck were also on.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
Journal Sentinel,
27 Dec. 2024
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Listeners who are all too familiar with Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Uvalde might nonetheless find illuminating Long Shadow’s examination of the political backdrop to these tragedies.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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The inviting ones adorning the tips of the Lina Bo Bardi’s Bola de Latao armchair, and the microscopic ones teasing the bottom of a Josef Hoffman fork.—
Sophie Collé,
Architectural Digest,
27 Dec. 2024
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His works include a large-scale interpretation of New Zealand's native Weta bug along the first fairway and a series of oversized dragonflies with six-foot wingspans adorning a lake by the sixth fairway.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The tradition of cutting the net and draping it around you is something done when a team wins a trophy.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
The Athletic,
19 Dec. 2024
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At the premiere of Bread & Roses, Jennifer Lawrence slipped into a black archival Christian Lacroix number, and its billowy silhouette lent itself perfectly to draping over her bump.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
18 Dec. 2024
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The forecast came in the wake of its sudden dimming during 2023 after a decade of gradually brightening.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Trader stepped outside, into the brightening gray, and placed an FPV drone on a wooden stool resting on its side.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Emblazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emblazing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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