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18 example sentences for GARLAND, such as:

1. Mrs. Highcamp was weaving a garland of roses, yellow and red.
2. The little girl presented the champion with a victory garland.
3. I read the French and German of sentimental lovers and Christmas garlands.
4. She lifted the garland of roses from his head and flung it across the room.
5. When she had finished the garland, she laid it lightly upon Victor's black curls.

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 Meanings and Examples of GARLAND
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garland
 n.  crown of king; wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, to be worn on head like a crown
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Mrs. Highcamp was weaving a garland of roses, yellow and red.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
2  When she had finished the garland, she laid it lightly upon Victor's black curls.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
3  As if a magician's wand had touched him, the garland of roses transformed him into a vision of Oriental beauty.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
4  She lifted the garland of roses from his head and flung it across the room.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
5  A soft strain of music sounded, and then at the back of the cave appeared a little figure in cloudy white, with glittering wings, golden hair, and a garland of roses on its head.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
6  "On the contrary, I like it very much, dear," looking from the dusty rosary to the well-worn little book, and the lovely picture with its garland of evergreen.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY
7  Jessie held the garland; he hammered.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
8  Young men and women--Jim, Iris, David, Jessica--were even now busy with garlands of red and white paper roses left over from the Coronation.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
9  She opened the casement to get a better view of the garlands and posies that adorned it.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
10  She wove garlands of poppies, which she placed on her head, and which, crossed and penetrated with sunlight, glowing until they flamed, formed for her rosy face a crown of burning embers.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE CHAIN-GANG
11  On the polished floor lay all sorts of flowers which had fallen from garlands and head-dresses.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
12  There were carved garlands on the panelled walls, and as he stood among them giving us welcome, I know what kind of loops I thought they looked like.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVI
13  I read the French and German of sentimental lovers and Christmas garlands.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  Their sister Silvia tamed him to her rule, and lavished her care on his adornment, twining his antlers with delicate garlands, and combed his wild coat and washed him in the clear spring.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
15  They have gathered round from every quarter; already their canvas woos the breezes, and the merry sailors have garlanded the sterns.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FOURTH
Example Sentence:
1  The little girl presented the champion with a victory garland.