laurel

Example Sentences

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The Berlin T-Shirt shows a male figure wearing a laurel wreath.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Their small faces are riveted as he passes around a leaf from a California bay laurel tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Stepping away into the L.A. mountains, you’ll be greeted with a sound bath from crickets and birds as the smell of pine, sage and bay laurel fills your nostrils.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

On 1 July 2002 he laid a laurel wreath at the monument, hours ahead of the main council ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

In the meantime, Clarisse was carried on her cabin mates’ shoulders down to the amphitheater, where she was honored with a laurel wreath and a lot of celebrating around the campfire.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan