Example Sentences

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The young fellow who has wreathed himself with flowers and vine-leaves shows a knowledge of colour and effect which an artist might envy him.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

How he has wreathed his trunk round that tiger, and now whirls him in the air!

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

For this reason, too, the sculptor has wreathed his head with vine-tendrils.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

Our beloved American poet has wreathed in song the love of nature's wooing in his immortal Hiawatha.

From Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton by Armour, Rebecca Agatha