One can’t live unless human speech adorns, / Nor gather roses past the reach of thorns.

A grove stood in the city, rich in shade, / where storm-tost Tyrians, past the perilous brine, / dug from the ground, by royal Juno's aid, / a war-steed's head, to far-off days a sign / that wealth and prowess should adorn the line.

Who is adorned with old age?

My argument is indebted in a number of places to the aesthetic theories of Adorno, Horkheimer and others.

The loaf of bread was adorned with ornate tiny squirrels.

She adorned herself with jewels.

Paintings adorned the walls of the palace.

It now became manifest that beauty is enhanced by adornment.

A few Renaissance paintings adorn the walls of this room.

Her head was adorned with a hat.