bedecked; bedecking; bedecks
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bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party
the ladies arrived bedecked in furs
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Winter Nights & River Lights (Nov. 22-Jan. 5) This Ohio River pedestrian bridge is bedecked in cheerful twinkling lights for the holidays.
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Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Getty Home to Africa’s oldest synagogue, more than 300 mosques, a Catholic church, and a thousand-year-old village bedecked in contemporary murals, Djerba is a delightfully unorthodox—and much needed—reminder that humans thrown together in splendid isolation can get things right.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2024
Several hundred people bedecked with the usual MAGA hats and Trump T-shirts filled up only two-thirds of the main orchestra seating area of the theater, and the entire balcony was roped off and inaccessible.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Others waved Confederate flags, or bedecked themselves in Army surplus gear.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2021
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Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Getty Home to Africa’s oldest synagogue, more than 300 mosques, a Catholic church, and a thousand-year-old village bedecked in contemporary murals, Djerba is a delightfully unorthodox—and much needed—reminder that humans thrown together in splendid isolation can get things right.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2024
Several hundred people bedecked with the usual MAGA hats and Trump T-shirts filled up only two-thirds of the main orchestra seating area of the theater, and the entire balcony was roped off and inaccessible.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Others waved Confederate flags, or bedecked themselves in Army surplus gear.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2021
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“Bedeck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedeck. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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bedeck
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be·deck
bi-ˈdek 
: to dress up with showy things
bedecked in furs and jewels
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