How to Use olive branch in a Sentence

olive branch

noun
Definition of olive branchnext
  • The winner extended an olive branch to his opponent by calling him a great player.
  • Evans was the one to reach out and extend the olive branch.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
  • When Collins moved the olive branch from beak to talons, the image was locked.
    — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 17 July 2019
  • Lala Kent starts to send an olive branch of sorts to Rachel in the premiere.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Forget an olive branch, gift them the whole olive tree.
    — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The rest will remain between the two women, but the olive branch worked.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But that olive branch wasn’t a precursor of what was to come.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The olive branches at the bottom of the emblem also came from the Great Seal of the United States.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 May 2018
  • Daniel's olive branch comes just when Johnny needs it most.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Nachmanides wonders: If the whole world was destroyed, from where did the dove bring the olive branch?
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Except his olive branch and this plan carry a few thorns.
    — Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That move was viewed as an olive branch to companies like Tile.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The olive branch, stands for the settlers, and the peace pipe, for Indigenous people, appear on top of the shield.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The olive branch, stands for the settlers, and the peace pipe, for Indigenous people, appear on top of the shield.
    — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • An olive branch here or there by Manfred isn’t going to change that.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
  • But Democrats are still hoping to offer them an olive branch.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2021
  • But the proposal was never meant as an olive branch to Maduro.
    — Anthony Faiolaand Carol Morello, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • There have been some signs Beijing is willing to extend the olive branch.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The logo for the visit depicted a dove with an olive branch.
    — Aya Batrawy, The Seattle Times, 5 Feb. 2019
  • As a show of an olive branch, Colbert said Trump also offered a bit of hope.
    — Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Among the crowd were children waving palms and olive branches.
    — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But Leakes’ olive branch likely isn’t enough to change Williams’ standing with the rest of the Atlanta Housewives.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Or offering an olive branch in the form of a miracle surgery.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The real seal has a bald eagle clutching arrows in one set of talons and an olive branch in the other.
    — NBC News, 25 July 2019
  • Dyer extended an olive branch to James, writing in a tweet that the two should grab a bite to eat the next time James is in town.
    — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 30 May 2021
  • Speaking of love, Mark is ready to offer Debbie an olive branch.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 29 June 2018
  • This seemed to be the end of the drama, and Austin has held out an olive branch to the couple, who recently welcomed their fifth child.
    — Temi Adebowale, House Beautiful, 3 July 2018
  • But if bodycam footage is an olive branch from the police to the people, what is the goodwill token back to the police?
    — Hannah Meyers, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Call it an olive branch to a part of the city that might be underserved by the traditional Manhattan social club.
    — Paula Conway, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Is OpenAI extending an olive branch to creators and writers?
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Oct. 2024

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