bucolic

Example Sentences

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When urban churchyards reached capacity in the 1830s, some U.S. cities opened cemeteries with planted trees and winding paths, creating bucolic places of remembrance and recreation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The sun is starting to go down outside — this is the time of day, he says, when Chaplin’s bucolic grounds remind him of Montecito’s San Ysidro Ranch — and he’s getting slightly philosophical.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Looking back on her bucolic childhood in L.A.,

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Her listing appeared to show a pristine, albeit A.I.-generated, house with smooth textures, clean walls and windows, a nice green lawn, and a bench out front under bucolic lighting.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

At home, he and Oppenheimer would take long walks around Berkeley and into the bucolic woods of Northern California.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik