Examples of “decorate” in a Sentence

verb To add ornaments or decorations to something, or to improve the appearance of a room or building.

• Every December our family decorates the tree with lights and handmade ornaments.
• They decorated the hall with balloons and streamers for the party.
• We spent the weekend decorating the nursery before the baby arrived.

verb To honor someone by awarding them a medal, ribbon, or similar mark of distinction.

• The firefighter was decorated with a medal for saving three children from the fire.
• The general decorated the young pilot in front of the entire squadron.
• The soldier was decorated for bravery after the rescue mission.