idyll

Example Sentences

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It begins with a suburban idyll, bedroom curtains milky white in the morning sunlight, a mother waking to the radio, father and son out for an early bike ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

"It's a beautiful, unspoilt rural idyll that somehow exists in its own timelessness, as if awaiting the return of John Constable," wrote Barclay in a review posted in October 2024.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

But can their off-the-grid idyll survive the arrival of an “Outsider”?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

We grow apart, bit by bit, and eventually our summer idyll is ruined forever.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart