garlands 1 of 2

plural of garland

garlands

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of garland

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of garlands
Verb
The set comes with seven pumpkins in a variety of shapes and sizes to line up across the mantel, and can easily stand alone or be added to a full display with garlands and candles. Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025 Dust off your fake cobwebs and sparkly garlands, but don’t forget to level up your Halloween Squishmallows collection, too. Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025 Stroll under tangled garlands of buoys and past glassblowers shaping octopi in real-time, and browse everything from handmade ceramics to local paintings, textiles, and nautical tchotchkes. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garlands
Noun
  • Based on a manga, the action-fantasy show has around since 2019 and spread its rollout across four seasons and a handful of theatrical releases (both original films and episode compilations).
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For prompting strategies to invoke personas, see my compilations at the link here and the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Union Jacks flap gently in the breeze; a golden slither of evening sun drapes a row of cottages; a red postbox, still bearing the initials of the late Queen, stands outside a village church, bathed in the fading light.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Sexy shows up in a blazer cut to perfection, a slip dress that drapes just right, or a monochrome moment that turns simplicity into a statement.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Like most anthologies, horror or otherwise, they can be hit or miss, though just about every one of the individual segments in the franchise is good for a scare or at least a laugh.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.
    Katie da Cunha Lewin September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Garlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garlands. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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