garland - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • hang: You could also hang a garland across the front of the table, to add extra decoration.
  • wear: Everyone could wear a Hawaiian garland around their neck.
  • make: In Wales a man would make a garland of birch to give to the woman he loved.
  • place: They place the garland around the neck of a statue of the god and then pray to him before starting their dance.
  • have: With some patience and careful cutting you can soon have a beautiful flowering garland running through your garden.
  • carry: They could carry a garland of blooms down the aisle together representing the unity of two lifes.

Adjective modifier

  • floral: Chelsea alumna, Alison Cook worked with 50, Year 8 students to create a massive mixed media floral garland for the school hall.
  • colorful: She thought that a bit odd but her attention was soon drawn to the the colorful garlands and bunting hanging in the street ahead.
  • Hawaiian: With a Hawaiian garland around his neck, Catering Lobster, prawn cocktail, fish definitely sea food.
  • green: He also wears green clothes and a green garland.
  • white: Charlotte Bronte extolled the " blossom blanched orchard trees whose boughs droop like white garlands " while Jane Austen praised the bountiful apple tree.

Noun used with modifier

  • flower: Why not decorate your room with tissue paper flower garlands.
  • paper: Why not decorate your room with tissue paper flower garlands.

Possessives

  • maiden: Fresh flowers and a maiden's garland were also thrown into her grave.

Preposition: of

  • rose: Perhaps I could set a trend wreathe them with garlands of roses, maybe?
  • flower: She then produces a garland of fresh flowers for each of us to welcome us to her country.
  • leave: His grinning face adorned with garlands of leaves has haunted our history for centuries.
  • jasmine: While he was in one of these states of divine unconsciousness, the devotees put thick garlands of jasmine around his neck.

Preposition: with

  • flower: Shop doorways remain resolutely shuttered, marked with pentacles and garlanded with garlic flowers.
  • award: The musical is garlanded with awards, including four Oliviers.

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