laurel
Example Sentences
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At the center, resting on a plinth in front of a shallow niche and beneath a graceful valance of laurel, is French’s striking bronze portrait bust of Hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In July 2022 O'Neill laid a laurel wreath at the Belfast Cenotaph to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
On 1 July 2002 he laid a laurel wreath at the monument two hours ahead of the main council ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
Returning to the trail, with its soothing chorus of crickets, velvety laurel sumac shrubs and feathery wild grasses, something inside me loosened.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
The lights came up and the man of honor was then invited up on stage, where he was given a gold laurel wreath to wear as a crown.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
Vocabulary lists containing laurel
"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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"To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman
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