idyll
Example Sentences
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Maintaining this pleasant emptiness is no easy task, as ghosts of Charles’s past slowly begin to invade his idyll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
In her columns for “Smart Housekeeping,” Elizabeth presides over an idyll of New England domesticity.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
But this idyll is under threat as the seawater levels continue to rise.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024
The dates and places were correct; his description of his boyhood as a typical country idyll was most certainly a fabrication.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing idyll
Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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