Example Sentences

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The Army major who runs the team that makes the poppies and wreathes said he was "horrified" by the act of vandalism outside the City Chambers building in the Royal Mile.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

On a recent day, the sobbing relatives of a steelworker and his factory colleagues stood outside a cathedral with wreathes of flowers.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2022

"It has come up before that the wreathes themselves are purchased from a related entity," he said.

From Fox News • Dec. 14, 2021

There also are ovals, tubes, spirals and two variations on the cagelike sphere known as a Buckyball: Shanti Norris juxtaposes solid and empty, and Olivia Morrow wreathes band-saw blades in a tense equilibrium.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2017

Scattered around it were faded wreathes and crushed bouquets of plastic flowers, which made the place seem even sadder.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan