dove of peace
Example Sentences
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When the tour director “started to explain that the dove of peace on the mansion’s weather vane carried an olive branch, Mrs. Khrushchev muttered, ‘Yes, yes’ and walked away,” the New York Daily News reported.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022
After 9/11, a rash of rugs appeared that showed two planes crashing into the Twin Towers, sometimes with a dove of peace copied from an American propaganda leaflet.
From The Verge • Jun. 27, 2022
Inspired, Hanks’ Falstaff roused to life and improvised about birds in blank verse, Linklater said, talking about “the dove of peace on Noah's Ark” before working his way back to his original line.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2018
Over the following three days, Francis will pray at Armenia’s genocide memorial, release a dove of peace near Armenia’s closed border with Turkey and pray for peace during an ecumenical prayer service with Karekin.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Hearing me say I too am Paloma, named after the dove of peace, makes her smile.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
