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Six example sentences with embellish, each labelled with its topic.
Medieval scribes embellished the first letter of each chapter with gold leaf and small painted animals in the margins.
Art
She embellished the plain sponge with candied violets, and the plainest cake on the table drew every guest.
Cooking
The Victorians embellished a perfectly plain railway station with iron scrollwork, colored tiles and a clock nobody needed.
Architecture
Baroque singers were expected to embellish the repeated section with trills and runs of their own invention.
Music
Every retelling let the storyteller embellish the tale, until the small fishing boat became a ship with sails of gold.
Literature
Players embellish their castles with banners and stained glass that do nothing except look grand from the road.
Gaming
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