laurel

Example Sentences

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The Berlin T-Shirt shows a male figure wearing a laurel wreath.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Michelle O'Neill attended the event and laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in her role as first minister for the second year in a row.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Stepping away into the L.A. mountains, you’ll be greeted with a sound bath from crickets and birds as the smell of pine, sage and bay laurel fills your nostrils.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

“You see, a laurel needs rain to grow. I can’t do much about that. But I can keep that rain off a few musician’s heads, can’t I?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss