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wreathe

[reeth] / rið /












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But if she and her wreathe of shadow-selves are looking for labels, “writer” suits them all just fine.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2017

Two bizarre plotlines wreathe around each other in “The Dark Room.”

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2017

About 1,300 active satellites wreathe the globe in a crowded nest of orbits, providing worldwide communications, GPS navigation, weather forecasting and planetary surveillance.

From Scientific American Aug. 10, 2015

His bald head is radiant, his skull capacious, and the black hair at his temples resembles nothing so much as the laurel leaves that used to wreathe the heads of victorious Roman generals.

From The New Yorker Jan. 16, 2012

‘Time wears on, and the mists are blowing away, or would if you strange folk did not wreathe yourselves in smoke. What of the tale?’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Several wreathes were completely burnt in the fire and Edinburgh's Stone of Remembrance blackened with soot.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2022

"It has come up before that the wreathes themselves are purchased from a related entity," he said.

From Fox News Dec. 14, 2021

There also are ovals, tubes, spirals and two variations on the cagelike sphere known as a Buckyball: Shanti Norris juxtaposes solid and empty, and Olivia Morrow wreathes band-saw blades in a tense equilibrium.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2017

There was the Instagram tribute, a picture of wreathes in front of the building named for Tillman, “honoring” the victims of the shooting in the Charleston church.

From The Guardian Jul. 9, 2015

Scattered around it were faded wreathes and crushed bouquets of plastic flowers, which made the place seem even sadder.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Jesus's first goal since January 1 left Arteta wreathed in smiles and Watkins' close-range strike in stoppage-time couldn't stop Arsenal revelling in their statement victory.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

Mr. Chen shows the family trundling in a horse-drawn cart toward forbidding mountains wreathed in mist.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

Their paws are wreathed in luxuriant tufts of fur that keep them from sinking in deep snow.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

Now, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have documented evidence that Fomalhaut is a dynamic star wreathed in cosmic chaos.

From New York Times May 8, 2023

The new harmattan winds blew dust everywhere, and Baby joined the thin children who ran around with their naked bellies wreathed in brown.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The latter is completely concealed in a May-bush, wears a wooden crown wreathen with flowers, and carries a wooden sword.

From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer

And over the heads of the twain did hover winged Cupids and watched them laughingly, whiles fair dames and their gallants, their brows wreathen with flowers, footed it on the lush grass.

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson

He got up and pointed out the window to somewhere hidden in the gray clouds wreathing the mountains overlooking Kfar Chouba.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

Working with the cinematographer Ruben Impens, they give you a sense of tangible place as they plot the area’s profound geometry, roam across its shimmering glacial snow and catch the backlit mist wreathing the mountains.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2023

We went south to Glenwood Springs and spent hours splashing in the hot mineral water, the steam wreathing our heads, the crystalline January day all around us.

From Salon Sep. 26, 2018

It is just one of three fires wreathing parts of the Golden State in smoke.

From Economist Aug. 18, 2016

His slate-blue eyes pierced through the veil of smoke wreathing his features.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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