garlanded

Example Sentences

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She hit the buzzer at the first high chain-link fence, which was garlanded with a spool of razor wire atop.

From Slate • May 2, 2025

Boy wonder Ingebrigtsen, a year after winning gold in an Olympic record in Tokyo, arrived at the 2022 Worlds in Eugene expecting to be garlanded with gold again.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

They had been released in 2022, when they were garlanded with flowers by their families and a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

In the dark inner chamber the God and Goddess were seated on their thrones, freshly anointed and garlanded with flowers.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya