Verb (used with object) : to festoon a hall. ,to festoon flowers and leaves. From Dictionary.com.
Iraq two years ago, Mr Cottone found himself standing next to a marine captain festooned with medals and ribbons. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Jane Phillips] Reference
"To queue is glorious," reads a new catchphrase festooned across Beijing as part of the government's frantic push to improve social etiquette for the Olympics. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-10] Reference
This elegant, Edwardian "festooned" piece, which is part of a necklace-and-earring set, includes 175 EDF flawless white diamonds for a total of around 50 carats. From Wordnik.com. [Million-Dollar Rocks 2006 © Harry...] Reference
McCain's accounts are, as he might put it, "festooned" with embellishments, and many stories are exaggerated or just made up. From Wordnik.com. [FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles] Reference
Guns found 'festooned' on the walls of celebrity author Dave Courtney's home were props for his wife's theatrical company, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
The gentleman's face was festooned with a long, blond mustache. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
His office isn't festooned with pictures of him with the president. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Man--And His Own] Reference
These nagas and naginis lived in watery palaces, festooned with gems. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake] Reference
Many of the chairs are festooned with ribbons, flowers and photographs. From Wordnik.com. [Execution Day: Letter From Oklahoma City] Reference
The museum itself is also festooned with state-of-the-art touch screens. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Experienced?] Reference
Athena spoke in a British accent festooned with French phrases and inflections. From Wordnik.com. [The Bludgeoning of a Burgeoning Young Artist] Reference
As well, you are festooned with books and notes, and your eyes seem bleary with text. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference
Any guest would assume the Falcon was merely festooned with random, colorful pennants. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boatload of Ego] Reference
In a room festooned with blue bunting, Hannah reflects on covering a war while pregnant. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Boy: War Reporter's Baby Shower In Baghdad] Reference
Out back, Noon has a Porsche Boxster festooned with advertising for his TV and radio show. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii's Electric Car Conversions] Reference
You are totally festooned with bows, bangles, headbands, every Topshop accessory imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Bewitch a Wizard] Reference
The exterior is festooned with mesh inserts, plus carbon-fiber trim on the hood and in the rear. From Wordnik.com. [2007 SEMA - Cadillac CTS Sport concept] Reference
The gravesite of Perez is festooned with flags, pinwheels, plastic flowers and Marine Corp insignias. From Wordnik.com. [Struggling To Make Sense Of 2 Very Different Wars] Reference
The pueblo of San Jose was a string of low adobe-houses festooned with red peppers and garlic; and the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
To this day, he remembers the small altar in that corner, festooned with blue flowers from the countryside. From Wordnik.com. ['Ojos Negros': A Mix of Highbrow and Funky] Reference
But at a No rally festooned with the color red, a speaker, Wilson Enjega (ph), said, it amounts to meddling. From Wordnik.com. [Kenyans To Vote On New Constitution] Reference
I have a sea-kayaking hat festooned with more zippers, grommets, snaps and pouches than a carry-on suitcase. From Wordnik.com. [From Sea To Shining Sea] Reference
In Guangzhou, city workers are impounding illegally parked motorcycles in trucks festooned with colorful banners. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Ready To Party] Reference
I festooned myself in the manner which I had heard the Mysterians comported themselves garb-wise in public. From Wordnik.com. [The Astounding Adventures of Cyril Bright] Reference
Neither Brussels nor the other cities were festooned with litter, something I experienced to my ankles in the States. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Blind] Reference
Somehow, they're synonymous with this town -- simply go to the airport and you'll see everything festooned with stuffed pandas. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Gaga and the curse of Washington celebrity] Reference
Two teens pumped up from a segregationist rally drew alongside the brothers on a motorbike festooned with Confederate-flag stickers. From Wordnik.com. [Cribbing A Civil-Rights Tragedy] Reference
The street is lined with five-star hotels and outdoor wedding halls festooned with elaborate flower arrangements and marching bands. From Wordnik.com. [My Big Fat Indian Wedding] Reference
There were styles worthy of the red carpet, such as long gowns festooned with silk fringe, but with modest necklines and long sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [Versatility a Byword for Spring] Reference
In fact she is a factory worker, she says, toiling at a nearby bag-manufacturing factory; she holds up a backpack festooned with cartoons. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wives Club] Reference
It likes newspaper clippings, references to books (actual books), and clues frantically arrayed on a corkboard festooned with sticky notes. From Wordnik.com. [Code Dread: AMC's 'Rubicon' crosses into delectably dangerous territory] Reference
BURNETT: We drive through the narrow streets of French Quarter, wrought iron fences are festooned with beads, sidewalks are crowded with Mardi Gras revelers. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. John: 'We're Gonna Be Back' in New Orleans] Reference
GUATOPO NATIONAL PARK, Venezuela — The search begins where a dirt road ends, in a forest festooned with vines and filled with the chatter of trilling birds. From Wordnik.com. [Jaguars Studied With Motion-Sensing Cameras In Venezuela] Reference
You might not know it, but Liberace was quite an automotive enthusiast and often incorporated cars festooned in rhinestone, tiled mirrors, and gold flake into his Las Vegas act. From Wordnik.com. [2007 SEMA - The most decadent car] Reference
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