chaplet

Example Sentences

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She wore a pearl chaplet, a red bhakku over a white silk gown, and high-heeled shoes for the occasion.

From Time Magazine Archive

A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Brooding no more upon God's wars In his Divine homestead, He would go weave out of the stars A chaplet for your head.

From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

The coffin was covered with a black velvet pall, and a chaplet of white flowers lay upon it, indicating that the deceased was unmarried.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

No need to finger the chaplet of their names and achievements.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James