laurel

The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

A number of the trees cut down by the vandal appeared to be Indian laurel figs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

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

As I pushed aside the mountain laurel, I saw three two-by-fours and some planks lying across several of the lower limbs of the tree.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Despite the World Cup success, Shaffelburg isn’t resting on those laurels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But that should not mean resting on our laurels or on the golf cart if a friend or acquaintance reaches out for help.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

However, the New Zealander, who is yet to taste defeat since taking up the role in late 2023, is not one to rest on his laurels.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Through a proprietary mixture of light nostalgia baiting and ever-present curiosity, Gellar has achieved a rare type of icon status — a superstar who owns her legacy, but isn’t willing to rest on her laurels.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

Sitting on it was a plump guy with curly red hair and a crown of laurels.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

We are in the midst of a great year for cinema, Glenn, and “The Zone of Interest,” already widely acclaimed and laureled at Cannes, sits near the top of the list for me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

The more poignant question may be: When does the writing of a laureled outsider drown out the literary voices of the people being discussed?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

You can only hope Steward has since joined him, and is now enjoying the desserts he never got — laureled at last, if graciously declining Ganymede’s libations.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2015

As much as Sarris yearned to canonize Samuel Fuller and Nicholas Ray, he also needed to cauterize the work of directors laureled by front-line movie reviewers.

From Time ● Jun. 21, 2012

My brows men laureled and my lyre   Twined with immortal ivy for one little rippling song; My "House of Golden Leaves" they praised and "passionate fire"—   But, Friend, the way is long!

From The Book of American Negro Poetry by James Weldon Johnson

Walt Disney himself, laurelled by the White House as the “Creator of an American Folklore,” claimed the mantle of innocence, describing Mickey as “Youth, the Great Unlicked and Uncontaminated.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019

The most laurelled of black composers, Ellington was honored on his 70th birthday with a dinner and jam session at the White House.

From Time ● Oct. 24, 2011

The horizon was carved in shapes of azure—strange, wild, mountainous shapes; and the noble heads of Ben Lomond, Ben Ledi, and Ben A'an were laurelled and jewelled for us by memories of Scott.

From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

But the house stood isolated, and outside the laurelled forests and porous cliffs soaked up the dissonance as a blotter soaks ink.

From The Roof Tree by Lee F. Conrey

The boy perched disconsolately on the rotting fence threw forth his lament aloud to the laurelled silences of the mountain sides and the emptiness of space.

From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck

Smith's continuous stream of productivity, her topical range, the accolades laureling her books, her prodigious artistic abilities, should be evidence enough to assuage her fears about credibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2018