Example Sentences

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He must not be hard on Michael, who had not yet touched life, when for himself the vision of Pauline was wreathing this old room with starry blooms of wild rose.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

The flower nodded, too, as if moved by the breeze that was wreathing the smoke over all the roofs.

From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor

A thick cloud of smoke was wreathing and curling towards the St Antonio.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

The May morning was wreathing itself with opening flowers to meet the first hour of sunlight when Susannah was startled by hearing that the prophet inquired for her.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

"You are cruel to remind me of it," said Amy, taking some fresh flowers off the table she was wreathing into a cross for Bertie; her last sad, mournful, but loving work.

From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry