Sentence examples for acquired laurels from inspiring English sources

But the match had already been lost by a side clearly damaged both by their head coach's involvement with next summer's Lions tour and by Wales's perennial habit of resting on freshly acquired laurels.

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Sat to 22 Jun, then touring LG Following his best newcomer London theatre award for Othello, Lenny Henry has not rested on his newly acquired laurels as a serious actor.

When Chilean and American investors acquired Laurel Lake Vineyards in 1999, in effect they bought a theater.

Thankfully, President Bush is not likely to rest on our Afghan-acquired laurels and will, instead, open up new fronts against terrorism.

But it would seem that the (almost) freshly acquired company has no intentions of resting on its laurels.

Mr. Chadney and Ms. Simperl used Park Laurel Ltd., a company based in Zurich, to identify themselves in city records, and the buyer, based in Los Angeles, acquired the penthouse under the shield of a limited-liability company, Park Laurel Acquisition.

He's never less than an elegant virtuoso dancer; but it's impressive this season to see how, rather than sit on his laurels, he is adapting his style, which can seem glib, to acquire more edge and texture.

When not sitting in her pajamas in front of her computer, Laurel can be found enjoying the outdoors, or backpacking around the world eating street food and acquiring new and exciting tropical diseases.

Olmsted, look to your laurels.

We cannot rest on our laurels, however.

"We must not rest on our laurels.