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

And there are beautiful parks and pleasure ground and places of recreation of all kinds.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta