Example Sentences

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At Arlington, the King will wreathe the Unknown Soldier's grave.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sweet bird, farewell! and be it thine To thrill the blue air with thy song; But fame will wreathe this brow of mine, If I am right, and Pope is wrong.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 by Various

At such times she will arrange her room, which is all covered with pictures of ships and legends of saints; and will wreathe a white chaplet, as if for a wedding, and prepare wedding ornaments.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

The colonel played with recklessness and daring that, if he carries it to the battle-field, will wreathe his brow with laurels; but like many a rash soldier before him, he did not win.

From Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession by Wood, Benjamin

Delaware will wreathe her bays To tell our hero's matchless praise.

From Washington's Birthday by Schauffler, Robert Haven