Sentence examples for lei of from inspiring English sources

Or a cheongsam with a lei of plastic flowers.

Wearing purple and black vestments, a lei of flowers around his neck, Bishop Spong was clearly overwhelmed by the attention.

Mr. Clinton threw a lei of red blooms at the most curious monkey, a maneuver that solved the situation.

Miuccia Prada reconfigured the tie -- as a lei of shirting fabric strung around the neck, another East-meets-West theme that ran through Milan.

Those delegates spent their breakfast with Dennis J. Kucinich, who was later seen strolling through one downtown hotel with a Hawaiian lei of fresh orchids around his neck.

To be sure, the captain is elegant in black tie, with a lei of fragrant maile vine, while the kumu, the teacher or storyteller, is regal in a purple silk shirt, a flower tucked behind his ear.

It suggests that, during the wartime famine, Macedonski asked Bogdan-Pitești to pay him 1 million lei for one of the few surviving copies of Bronzes; Bogdan-Pitești bluntly offered him 5 lei Macedonski gave in, commenting that "he is capable of changing his mind, that con artist!" Bogdan-Pitești's mood swings were also discussed by memoirist Radu Rosetti.

When Tulsi Gabbard arrived at Lihue Airport, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, she was greeted with a lei made of vibrant plumeria flowers, a small bottle of coconut water, a bagful of mangoes, and a profusion of alerts on her phone.

Somebody hung an extraordinary garland, a kind of lei constructed entirely of vegetables, around Walker's neck, which was a little scratchy but smelled deliciously planty and fresh.

The walls are covered with notes of condolence and encouragement, and artworks that range from crayoned stick figures to an elaborate Hawaiian lei made of red, white and blue paper cranes.

Valentine's Gifts for Her 1. Hawaiian Lei A lei is a common symbol of love, friendship, celebration, honor, or greeting.