Laurels

"Laurels" in a Sentence (12 examples)

He is resting on his laurels.

We must not rest on our laurels!

Don't rest on your laurels!

As is commonly known, the smarter person is the one to give in first. That's easier for an adult to do than for a teenager. You won't be crowned with laurels for winning a fight with your own child.

All the laurels belong to him.

Tom didn't have time to rest on his laurels.

Tom is resting on his laurels.

He's resting on his laurels.

I would inaugurate the new era; I would set the example of supreme heroism in science; and all the world, and all future ages, should preserve my name with reverent homage, and enwreath it with laurels of undying fame.

Laura rests on her laurels.

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Two mountain laurels were in bloom.

Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.

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