laurel

The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

At the center, resting on a plinth in front of a shallow niche and beneath a graceful valance of laurel, is French’s striking bronze portrait bust of Hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

Her wings were feathery white, her dress purple, and the shaft of her spear was fixed with a plate-sized Roman insignia - a golden spqr in a laurel wreath.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

He is a player who works for the team, accepts tactical instructions and never rests on his laurels.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

As a teen, he would rent movies from his local Blockbuster solely based on them having the Cannes laurels on the cover.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Through a proprietary mixture of light nostalgia baiting and ever-present curiosity, Gellar has achieved a rare type of icon status — a superstar who owns her legacy, but isn’t willing to rest on her laurels.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

I walked past the mountain laurels and the Japanese maple, up the bluestone steps of Morrie’s house.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

The more poignant question may be: When does the writing of a laureled outsider drown out the literary voices of the people being discussed?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

The production, a laureled British import, viscerally reinvented a seldom revived 20th century tragedy for our time.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2018

He’s a laureled veteran, fast, strong, smart and enormous, 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2016

As much as Sarris yearned to canonize Samuel Fuller and Nicholas Ray, he also needed to cauterize the work of directors laureled by front-line movie reviewers.

From Time ● Jun. 21, 2012

At the battle's close, In the flush of the victory won, he goes With martial music—and waving plume— From a field of fame—to a laureled tomb!

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various

Walt Disney himself, laurelled by the White House as the “Creator of an American Folklore,” claimed the mantle of innocence, describing Mickey as “Youth, the Great Unlicked and Uncontaminated.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019

The most laurelled of black composers, Ellington was honored on his 70th birthday with a dinner and jam session at the White House.

From Time ● Oct. 24, 2011

The house, the laurelled drive, the little road, the distant moor and wood—these things had to-night a gentle air.

From The Prelude to Adventure by Sir Hugh Walpole

Thus did Charles Sumner lay down a platform for a Political Abolition Party, and of such a party he became the laurelled champion and leader.

From History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

The horizon was carved in shapes of azure—strange, wild, mountainous shapes; and the noble heads of Ben Lomond, Ben Ledi, and Ben A'an were laurelled and jewelled for us by memories of Scott.

From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Smith's continuous stream of productivity, her topical range, the accolades laureling her books, her prodigious artistic abilities, should be evidence enough to assuage her fears about credibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2018