pleasure ground
Example Sentences
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Considering this, it would be especially inequitable for the vehicles of out-of-state residents to bisect this great pleasure ground with their desire for fast and convenient transportation to destinations beyond the park.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
Once the pleasure ground of wealthy Maecenas, it captivated the likes of Augustus, Horace and Virgil.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
London in particular has presented itself very effectively since the 90s as a civilised, slightly retro pleasure ground for the global rich, and How to Spend It has helped burnish that myth.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2018
Yellowstone, Adams believed, was being sold to the public as a pleasure ground, whereas to him it was more like a church.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2017
In Mogul days such a garden was maintained as a pleasure ground during the owner's lifetime, and used for his interment when dead.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield
