wreath - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • lay: The Queen lays a wreath there each year to honor the members of the armed forces who have died fighting for their country.
  • carve: The facade facing Church Street has a carved stone wreath above the main inscription.
  • hang: Around his head hung a wreath of stinking weeds.

Preposition: at

  • cenotaph: Charles laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in remembrance of those who fought in the Far East during the Second World War.
  • memorial: Photograph of Welsh survivors of the Spanish Civil War laying a wreath at the memorial.

Adjective modifier

  • advent: The season is marked by lighting Advent candles set in an Advent wreath at the front of the church.
  • bridal: A skeleton form lay moldering there In the bridal wreath of that lady fair.
  • floral: A floral wreath was laid showing the minimum number of Iraqis killed by the conflict.
  • olive: I have thus painted winners; modern Greeks wearing the olive wreath, looking to the future with humility.

Preposition: on

  • behalf: Flower would lay the wreath on behalf of the Parish Council.

Noun used with modifier

  • laurel: A statue of Fame, holding a laurel wreath, was added at the last moment.
  • holly: The incident in question related to a holly wreath on a Stromness property being set alight.

Preposition: of

  • laurel: Badge: In front of a wreath of laurel, a mullet - approved by King George VI in June 1937.
  • poppy: The Prince lays a wreath of poppies in memory of all the troops who died at the battle of the Somme.
  • rose: October 18, 1950 Kathleen Oakley was crowned Harvest Queen of Thurgarton on Saturday, with a wreath of pink roses.
  • flower: Usually shown with a wreath of flowers in her hair.
  • smoke: His panting breath hung about him like a wreath of white smoke.

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