How to Use laurel in a Sentence

laurel

noun

• The player earned his laurels from years of hard work.
• They enjoyed the laurels of their military victory.
• Put your soaked white beans + pig bone + laurel leaf in one of the two big pots.
  — Fortune, 22 Jan. 2021
• As the crowd cheered, she was crowned with a laurel wreath, a Marathon medal draped around her neck.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Switzer said as Ruiz stood by, a laurel wreath on her head.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• All agreed the party shouldn't rest on its laurels, though.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 18 July 2023
• That’s not the sign of an offense resting on its laurels.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2020
• But Gupta didn’t just sit back and rest on his laurels.
  — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2020
• Wreaths made of laurel leaves were used as prizes during the ancient Olympics in Greece.
  — Iris Van Rynbach, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• There’s no time to rest on last year’s laurels, as a date with Clemson kicks off the campaign.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• The style comes in chic, neutral colors like laurel olive, heather gray, and navy.
  — Lindsey Olander, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2020
• But that doesn’t mean the Panthers are resting on their laurels just yet.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• And maybe that gives them just a little time to rest on their laurels at The Waterfront.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2023
• No time to rest on your laurels, not in this conference.
  — Doug Feinberg, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
• With the phone shipping, Pine64 isn't resting on its laurels.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2020
• Rest on your laurels at this level and you will be punished.
  — SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• Not one to rest on his laurels, Bludorn set his sights on a seafood restaurant with Navy Blue.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
• But as Maurice is quick to point out, his team can’t — and won’t — rest on its laurels from last season.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
• The team also wanted to graft fresh aspects to the story rather than rest on their laurels.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
• In the past, Kiros might have rested on his laurels after a win at the Applejack.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2019
• The look of faux cedar, bay laurel, and cypress leaves with white berry sprays offers a classic yet fresh look.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
• Not resting on her laurels, Fox set three world records for women of all ages last month.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• Had the morning been cool and crisp, which usually is the case here, the Brazilian might well have escaped with the laurel wreath.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• The flip side is adorned with fleurs-de-lys, laurel leaves and eggs—symbols of rebirth often found in Dalí’s works.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021
• Meanwhile, Yonezu hasn't just been sitting idly on his laurels this past year.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2019
• The trail dipped into the oak and laurel trees, hugging the side of a ravine before turning steeply upward toward the ridge.
  — Sarah Trent, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
• There’s so much caché here that the restaurant industry rests on its laurels.
  — Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2023
• Not one to rest on her laurels, Lois Lowry never ceases to surprise.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 24 July 2019
• He got rid of his motor oil without having to pay the city to dispose of it, and our laurel hedge never seemed the worse for wear.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2022
• The team determined that the head, complete with a crown of laurels, dates to the second or early third century C.E.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024