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Meanings of wreathe in English
Synonyms
Examples for "wreath"
Examples for "wreath"
1
In a few minutes in comes the girl with the flower wreath.
2
Above the altar the divine woman holds the wreath encircling the angel.
3
The American Ambassador also plans to throw a wreath into the sea.
4
She saw herself in white, a wreath of forget-me-nots in her hair.
5
That wreath makes you look like the statue of Ariadne in Rome.
Usage of wreathe in English
1
She saw it curl and wreathe itself against the cold blue east.
2
Mr. Manley permitted a faint, sceptical smile to wreathe his lips.
3
I wreathe garlands in my hair and chase nymphs through the woodland aisles.
4
Ye ocean waves, That in ten thousand sparkling dimples wreathe Your azure smiles!
5
Are the very elm leaves going to wreathe up by magic and smother me?
6
They wreathe round thy altars the trophies of war.
7
While all who honor virtue gently mourn Llangollen's vanished Pair, and wreathe their sacred urn.
8
W. Russell Bowie knows how to cure the blues and wreathe the face with sunshine.
9
Helen Cresswell stood there radiant; the dressmaker, too, was wreathed in smiles.
10
The sea was wreathed in fog when he rowed over to Halsskär.
11
The wood-nymphs wreathed a human chain about the marge of the pool.
12
Around the drawing-room the faces of the parents were wreathed with smiles.
13
It was wreathed in flowers, and baskets of corn stood before it.
14
The newly hired girl wreathed her flabby face in a vacuous smile.
15
Then they wreathed Lalemant in oiled bark and set fire to it.
16
And watching his cigar-smoke wreathing blue in the orange glow, he smiled.
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Frequent collocations
Wreathe through the time