Sentence examples similar to victor's laurel from inspiring English sources

Korpsführer Adolf Hühnlein, the head of the National Socialist Motor Corps and an old crony of Hitler, was visibly disgruntled as he handed over the victor's laurels on the podium.

The victor was awarded a laurel wreath.

NETCONG Palace Theatre "Babes in Toyland," based loosely on the Victor Herbert operetta and the Laurel and Hardy film.

"That's what they crowned the victor with in the Olympic Games--laurel.

Laurel Park: Jockey Victor Carrasco, who leads the summer meet in wins and purses earned, won't race this weekend because of a foot injury, agent Tom Stift said.

Napoleon's imperial crown was a wreath of golden laurel leaves, the classical world's homage to a victor of games or war.

But a divisive Vietnam conflict and the cold war had produced no such heroes, and the little-known General Schwarzkopf was wreathed in laurels as the victor in a popular war against a brutal dictator.

One theory is that it is a reference to the laurel wreaths given to victors, with the "bacca" being a variation of the Latin word for berry.

Laurel crowns were traditional prizes for victors in athletic competitions; here they may reinforce the competitive nature of the scene.

In ancient Greece, the Greeks honored victors in athletic competitions and in poetic meets with a laurel wreath.

The Romans called the place Daphne and believed it was here that a horny Apollo pursued the nymph Daphne, who was turned into a laurel tree to escape him, her wreathed leaves later crowning victors.