idyllic

Example Sentences

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CHONGQING, China — Three years ago, in the idyllic town of Woodside south of San Francisco, the United States and China held their first high-level talks on the dangers posed by artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

"The coastline is idyllic, it's just not got the temperatures," David says.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

During his 2005 confirmation hearings to become chief justice, Roberts described an idyllic heartland childhood lifted from a John Cougar Mellencamp song, all “endless fields” that were “punctuated by an isolated silo or a barn.”

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Folan would often describe her early years of marriage and motherhood, in an idyllic white house in a tawny Connecticut suburb, as looking blissful on the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“An idyllic childhood, the piece says. They called him Carm.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline