Literary notes about Embellish (AI summary)
In literature, "embellish" carries both literal and figurative weight. It often denotes the act of adorning or beautifying a subject, whether that be a physical space—such as a room styled with personal touches [1] or doorways decorated with garlands [2]—or a narrative, where additional detail enhances a story’s appeal [3] or heightens a character’s allure [4]. At times the term indicates a deliberate departure from plain fact, inviting readers to savor an enriched, imaginative rendering of reality [5], [6]. In this way, embellish serves as a versatile tool for authors seeking to create vivid, layered worlds that resonate with both elegance and complexity.
- It was a single room, with no roommate to question, which I might decorate and otherwise embellish according to my own personal idiosyncrasies.
— from Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Harry Alverson Franck - And do ye embellish all the door-ways of the inner apartment as well as those of the entire city with garlands, with sandal paste and fragrant Dhupa .
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki - "Well," said Phonny, "I think you had better embellish the story, at any rate, for I want it to be interesting."
— from The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales - I might embellish this Subject with Roses and Rain-bows, and several other ingenious Conceits, which I may possibly reserve for another Opportunity.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - She has made no effort to embellish, elaborate, or treat in full detail
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy - Her natural optimism had returned like a rosy mist to embellish and obscure the prosaic details of the situation.
— from Virginia by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
