Had it been displayed in a capital, a thousand might have worn it, before one could have been found to do more credit to its gay colours, glossy satins, and rich laces, than the beautiful creature whose person it now aided to adorn.
Étalée dans une capitale, cette parure splendide aurait pu être essayée par mille femmes avant qu’il s’en trouvât une seule qui pût y faire autant d’honneur que la belle créature dont elle servait alors à décorer la personne.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
French wit and humor, on the other hand, is like a lace with which our women adorn the joys they give and the quarrels they invent; it is a mental jewelry, as charming as their pretty dresses.
La plaisanterie française est une dentelle avec laquelle les femmes savent embellir la joie qu’elles donnent et les querelles qu’elles inventent; c’est une parure morale, gracieuse comme leur toilette.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
Besides, Judith, you're handsome- uncommon in that way, one might observe and do no harm to the truth - and they that have beauty, like to have that which will adorn it.
En outre, Judith, vous êtes belle, on pourrait même dire sans mensonge que vous êtes d’une beauté peu commune, et quand on possède la beauté, on aime à avoir ce qui lui sert de parure.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
She might be fifty-five or sixty; but hers was one of those faces that time seems to touch only to brighten and adorn.
Elle peut avoir de cinquante-cinq à soixante ans, mais sa figure est de celles que le temps n’effleure que pour les embellir et les épurer.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Badly printed, on wretched paper, it was adorned on its blue cover with a little wood-cut of Our Lady of Lourdes, a naive design alike stiff and awkward.
Mal imprimé, de papier humble, il portait, sur sa couverture bleue, une Notre-Dame de Lourdes, une naïve image d’une grâce raidie et gauche.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Magnificent buildings adorning immense squares, ornamented with shrubs and street lamps.
de splendides édifices, décorant d’immenses places plantées d’arbres et de réverbères !
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
He was again returning to Pierre when a fresh outburst of emotion stirred the diamond aigrettes and the flowers adorning the ladies' hair.
Il revenait près de Pierre, lorsqu’une nouvelle émotion parut agiter les aigrettes de diamants et les fleurs, dans les chevelures.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
A strange green turban adorned his head, and as he pushed it back I saw that his hair had been shaved.
Il était coiffé d’un étrange turban vert, et lorsqu’il le repoussa en arrière, je vis qu’il était rasé de près.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
On a low platform to the right of the soberly adorned altar is the pontifical throne; while in the wall on the left opens the narrow singing gallery with its balcony of marble.
Le trône pontifical, sur une estrade basse, est à droite de l’autel, d’une richesse sobre. À gauche, dans la muraille, s’ouvre l’étroite loge, à balcon de marbre, réservée aux chanteurs.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Then all six of us enter the saloon, whose circumference is already adorned with customers, and install ourselves at a table.
Puis, tous les cinq, nous gagnons la salle déjà garnie, dans son pourtour, de consommateurs, et nous nous installons à une table.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
And, among the latter, one showed conspicuously, coloured as it was a lively green, adorned with lofty mirrors, and surmounted by a broad board bearing in gilt letters the inscription: "Cazaban, Hairdresser".
Et, entre toutes, une éclatait peinte en vert clair, garnie de hautes glaces, surmontée d’une large enseigne portant en lettres d’or : Cazaban, coiffeur.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Two Somebodies come up; two Somebodies with overcoats and canes. Another is dressed in a sporting suit, adorned with a plush hat and binoculars.
Deux personnages s’avancent ; deux personnages à pardessus et à cannes ; un autre habillé en chasseur, orné d’un chapeau pelucheux et d’une jumelle.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
After the shock which awoke her from her dream, she was strangely troubled at seeing herself dressed in robes of silk and adorned with diamonds that she had not paid for herself.
Après la secousse qui l’éveilla de son rêve, elle fut singulièrement troublée en se voyant vêtue de robes de soie et parée de diamants qu’elle n’avait pas payés elle-même.
Naturally she was the most adorned nurse in the Champs-Elysees, with superb cloaks and the richest of caps, trimmed with long ribbons which flared in the sunlight.
Naturellement, elle était la nourrice la plus ornée des Champs-Élysées, avec des pelisses superbes, des bonnets riches, garnis de longs rubans, dont l’éclat flambait au soleil.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
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adorn
verb
Basic forms
Past
adorned
Imperative
adorn
Present Participle (Participle I)
adorning
Past Participle (Participle II)
adorned
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I adorn
we adorn
you adorn
you adorn
he/she/it adorns
they adorn
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am adorning
we are adorning
you are adorning
you are adorning
he/she/it is adorning
they are adorning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have adorned
we have adorned
you have adorned
you have adorned
he/she/it has adorned
they have adorned
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been adorning
we have been adorning
you have been adorning
you have been adorning
he/she/it has been adorning
they have been adorning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I adorned
we adorned
you adorned
you adorned
he/she/it adorned
they adorned
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was adorning
we were adorning
you were adorning
you were adorning
he/she/it was adorning
they were adorning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had adorned
we had adorned
you had adorned
you had adorned
he/she/it had adorned
they had adorned
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been adorning
we had been adorning
you had been adorning
you had been adorning
he/she/it had been adorning
they had been adorning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will adorn
we shall/will adorn
you will adorn
you will adorn
he/she/it will adorn
they will adorn
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be adorning
we shall/will be adorning
you will be adorning
you will be adorning
he/she/it will be adorning
they will be adorning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have adorned
we shall/will have adorned
you will have adorned
you will have adorned
he/she/it will have adorned
they will have adorned
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been adorning
we shall/will have been adorning
you will have been adorning
you will have been adorning
he/she/it will have been adorning
they will have been adorning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would adorn
we should/would adorn
you would adorn
you would adorn
he/she/it would adorn
they would adorn
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be adorning
we should/would be adorning
you would be adorning
you would be adorning
he/she/it would be adorning
they would be adorning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have adorned
we should/would have adorned
you would have adorned
you would have adorned
he/she/it would have adorned
they would have adorned
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice