wreathe

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Recent Examples of wreathe On Friday night, the largest crowds ever to gather in recent Iraqi history came to protest peacefully, but noisily, against the government, wreathing entire buildings in flags. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019 As rescuers tried to move the plane off him, one lit a match for a cigarette, igniting gas fumes and wreathing the wreckage in flame. New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019 From there, the GRR1 heads northwest into a dense and impossibly wet woodland wreathed in arborescent ferns and carpeted with beds of moss two feet deep. Rowan Moore Gerety, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2019 In November, the district’s center — where the market, a sprawling park, a library, and shopping malls are clustered — was wreathed in tear gas for five consecutive days as police fought running battles with anti-government protesters. Hillary Leung / Hong Kong, Time, 6 Dec. 2019 See all Example Sentences for wreathe 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreathe
Verb
  • All grifters are storytellers, weaving fictions more seductive than reality.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
  • First-time filmmakers, director Rachael Abigail Holder and screenwriter Paul Zimmerman weave a low-key romantic odyssey that simmers with intimate heat while acting as a loving character study of the beloved, always evolving neighborhood.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Before much of North Carolina was pelted with snow last week, crews were out salting the roads to ensure safe driving conditions.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Officials urged people to stay indoors, and highways and city streets were salted before the storm.
    Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Alejandro is captured playing a vinyl record in a Seventies scene before a dream sequence of the singer surrounded by women behind a red curtain, seemingly seducing him and his thoughts.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • For a supernova to leave behind a remnant, the dying star must be surrounded by ionized gases — conditions typically found in dense, star-forming regions, not in the outer reaches of a galaxy.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Socratic thinking is a way of braiding together the uncertainty required for growth with the rigor required for endurance.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Box braids, to cite just one example of African hair braiding, take a long time to perfect.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • To accomplish that goal, Lamont’s office inserted language into his budget proposal that would give him the authority to order the state’s 45-member Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to allocate more $34 million over the next two years on his administration’s priorities.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Physicians inserted a small flexible scope into Gerlaugh’s urethra to remove the stone.
    Christopher O'Donnell, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The metallic piece swooped around the head with chains encircling the eyes for a dramatic peekaboo effect.
    Rhonda Richford, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The obverse features a portrait of Lady Liberty, while the reverse showcases an eagle encircled by a wreath.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • It can be threaded through pant belt loops or cinched over a dress.
    Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The need to find a path forward is a very fine needle to thread at the moment.
    Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025

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