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olive branch

NOUN
  1. something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

How To Use olive branch In A Sentence

  • The olive branch is associated with peace, the mustard plant with humility and faithfulness, while the mulberry is an attribute of Minerva, goddess of practical wisdom and war. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
  • In this fresco, a pile of martial armor offers a pillow for the reclining figure of Peace, who in seductive repose turns a receptive ear and extends an olive branch to the viewer. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
  • When the cutting edge of human civilization and encounter the evil guns, instantly withered green olive branch in the war and political disputes and fight in this changed world history.
  • At its center is a circular map of the earth, enwreathed by olive branches on a blue field. The Great Experiment
  • Management is holding out an olive branch to the strikers.
  • We look with prophetic eyes over all the tumult, and see in the distance the radiant form of Liberty, bearing in her left hand the olive branch and in her right hand the sword, the holy victress, destined by treaty or conquest to bring the whole world under her sway. Prisoner for Blasphemy
  • The olive branch had been proffered. THE HITLER-HESS DECEPTION
  • And while the company has extended an olive branch to trustbusters, holding preliminary talks on July 23, it doesn't appear to be willing to make any concessions that would reduce its power.
  • On the left upright a dove with olive branch, alluding to the Noah story, is enclosed in a trefoil representing the Holy Trinity, and on the right, in a cruciform shape, is a pansy, or heartsease, traditionally the flower of the Trinity.
  • Clarke also offered an olive branch to critics in his party.
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