Wreaths
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Definition
(pl. ) of Wreath
Typed by Corinne
Examples
- There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A few people are putting fresh flowers and wreaths there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fresh funeral wreaths continue to this day to be hung on the ornamental bronze railings round the tomb by the Countess's own hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had done nothing exceptional in marrying--nothing but what society sanctions, and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All along, and among, and above these crags dash and flash, sweep and leap, swells, wreaths, drifts of snowy spray. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Behind the musicians came lads garlanded with wreaths of intermingled violets and ivy, bearing thyrsi. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The coach lumbered on again, with heavier wreaths of mist closing round it as it began the descent. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typed by Corinne