adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart. From LearnThat.org. [Coco Chanel]
It was virtually barren of soldiers and was very austere in adornment. From Wordnik.com. [Above the Clouds at Thirty Below] Reference
A cameo was pinned to the center of her collar and her only other adornment was a silver wristwatch on a black leather strap. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear] Reference
Closely veiled, and without any kind of adornment -- on this. From Wordnik.com. [Serapis — Complete] Reference
'universe, order of the world', and 'adornment' of this universal order. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
It was every where used for adornment of the person. From Wordnik.com. [Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia] Reference
Lace itself is sufficient adornment for fine raiment. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A bunch of violets seemed more appropriate for her adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
The last occupant of the house was responsible for that adornment. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
They usually also brought some ornament for the adornment of the temple. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
The untutored mind will invariably select the gaudiest colors for personal adornment. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
All in white was she now; a glittering white, with silver adornment; ravishingly hymeneal. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Let us just say that Jon is an adornment to a world increasingly stained by anger acted out. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Will's Aptitudes] Reference
For him the land and the sky of Florence had nothing more to do than to serve as an adornment to this young woman. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Gifts are ways to share our blessings and to show that we are not spending all our days consumed in self-adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Good of Gifts] Reference
The arrangement and adornment of every house in Mizora were evidently for the comfort and happiness of its inmates. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
The plain white-walled, high-ceilinged auditorium had only one adornment — a five foot wooden cross behind the alter. From Wordnik.com. [CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS] Reference
Though from the coast or the sea it often makes a fine appearance, the town is one of utility rather than of adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Then, as now, they were costly -- to such an extent that many gentlemen sold an estate to buy laces for their adornment. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The two latter had gone down among the trees near the beach to get the last basketful of moss to complete the work of adornment. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
The latent feminine instinct for adornment had taken possession of her and through the long evening she dreamed in a hazy rapture. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
In the early days, the full-bloods were in the habit of burying with the body some favorite trinket or article of personal adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
However, and perhaps partly because of its lack of adornment, Branch's rather touching volume may inaugurate a new form of oral history. From Wordnik.com. [What Was Bill Thinking?] Reference
Things of its like she had seen at Grand Portage, but nothing of its great beauty, and for the first time she gave thought to self-adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
It rather pleased him to use the money toward his daughter's adornment and it tickled his pride as well to give his last cent toward her education. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
So they donned their daintiest dresses, robbed the greenhouse for their adornment, kissed the little sister fondly and hurried away into the night. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
Much embroidery must have been worked for the adornment of the house after the Reformation, but beyond an occasional old inventory nothing is left to show it. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The changes which all this implies in the adornment and accessories of religious worship under Queen Elizabeth, were supplemented by the teaching from the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
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