laurels

How To Use laurels In A Sentence

• I guess I got all bigheaded (or rested on my laurels, or something). I’m seeing a trend | clusterflock
• Plant vigorous species for large hedges 70cm (28in) apart: laurels, photinia, elaeagnus, yew, viburnum, holly, griselinia, cypress. Times, Sunday Times
• ‘I would be more than happy if some latent talent is spotted in this event and would go on to win laurels at the highest level,’ was his observation on the occasion.
• His birth chart indicates much tension in his love life and suggests a divine discontent that would never let him rest on his laurels.
• The little clearing was shielded from the street by the laurels, and afforded him plenty of elbow room.
• In Kentucky, the plant is often associated with azaleas, mountain laurels and bellworts under the dappled shade of birch trees.
• The laurels clearly go to Speke when it comes to discovering the source of the Nile. The Times Literary Supplement
• She has therefore an opportunity for exercising in behalf of her dog that beautiful self-abnegation which is said to be a part of woman's nature, impelling her always to prefer that her laurels should be worn by somebody else. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
• Putnam's service as a ranger, his capture and torture by Indians, his shipwreck and exploits during the British invasion of Cuba won him military laurels.
• The few heads that have either been found in or associated with the sanctuary show bearded men with long curly hair wearing wreaths, probably of laurels.