laurels

Example Sentences

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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

"We're not sitting on our laurels, but we're not intimidated by that at all," he says of displays such as the No Kings protest.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

It must also resist the temptation to rest on its laurels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Some of our finest contemporary writers got their laurels Friday night at the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

“I see. In other words, you’ll be tossing laurels at old men outstanding only for their unequaled meanness.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole