idyll

Example Sentences

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In what has all the hallmarks of a staged "scoop", this week's front page carries photographs of the couple taken recently on holiday in Corsica with the headline "The idyll that no-one expected."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Niigata prefecture is a coastal idyll of steep mountains and lush rice paddies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

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

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

Twain’s river idyll ended with the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

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