lei

Example Sentences

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A white lei hung around her neck as she attempted to balance her champion’s plaque awkwardly in one hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025

In return he promised monthly top-up payments of 5,000 Moldovan lei to pensioners, or about £200.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

“It doesn’t get any better than this,” he once said on a broadcast, tie-dyed T-shirt on, a Hawaiian lei around his neck.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu draped lei on the fence.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2023

“I don’t want to be lei off the hook.”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers