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  • Embellishing court dress and work clothes, it even became a feature of suites of armor.

    Crack Attack! 2010

  • Embellishing court dress and work clothes, it even became a feature of suites of armor.

    Michael Henry Adams: Crack Attack! 2010

  • Embellishing details of the story so that you look good is tempting.

    Grande Lum: How To Be Your Own Mediator: Tell the Third Story 2009

  • Embellishing the face of China, and thereby enhancing the prestige of its rulers, required something better, a painstakingly idealized hyper-real, and whether that required trickery or deception, so be it.

    Howard W. French: China's Ode to Legerdemain 2008

  • Embellishing the message was a "photo" of Colorado governor's Bill Ritter planting a kiss on another man.

    Aubrey Sarvis: Michelle, Hillary, and Maureen at the DNC 2008

  • Embellishing your past compensation to generate a higher offer when negotiating with employers is another strategy that can backfire.

    Major Lessons on Achieving Career Objectives 2008

  • Embellishing a religious text with red letters notes, marginal symbols, above all, directions to the pious is rubrication, from the Latin rubricare, which means “to color red.”

    A to Z: R is for Red Letters Unionpearl 2008

  • Embellishing a religious text with red letters notes, marginal symbols, above all, directions to the pious is rubrication, from the Latin rubricare, which means “to color red.”

    Archive 2008-11-01 Unionpearl 2008

  • Embellishing the report with pictures, it was clear that what the students said as top-notch towns and cities ‘spoke a thousand words’.

    Malaysian government urges cleaner latrines 2007

  • Embellishing and elaborating the stories contained in the first four books of the Torah, they wove together regional variations of the stories of the patriarchs, placing the adventures of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in a world strangely reminiscent of the seventh centuryBCEand emphasizing the dominance of Judah over all Israel.

    The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

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