as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids
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Highlights of the home include a fireside grand salon, an art gallery that doubles as a safe room, and a movie theater festooned with black marble fluted pilasters and red velvet seats.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Along the banks, tree branches were festooned with shreds of plastic trash.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Our florist Lex Hamilton arranged gothic black calla lilies and plummy hydrangeas to festoon the fireplace, and piled up stainless steel coupes loaded with shiny cherries beside flickering pillar candles.
—Katherine Ormerod, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
Pumpkins, scarecrows, witches and more will be festooning Anaheim homes and judges will be deciding who is capturing the spirit of the holiday.
—Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Along the banks, tree branches were festooned with shreds of plastic trash.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Our florist Lex Hamilton arranged gothic black calla lilies and plummy hydrangeas to festoon the fireplace, and piled up stainless steel coupes loaded with shiny cherries beside flickering pillar candles.
—Katherine Ormerod, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
Pumpkins, scarecrows, witches and more will be festooning Anaheim homes and judges will be deciding who is capturing the spirit of the holiday.
—Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Festoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festoon. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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