Example Sentences

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Traditional European landscape painting, rooted in Poussin and Claude, had always depended on parklike emblems of the Arcadian, or at least on signs of man’s dominion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“Now it’s time to build a stadium for the next 75 years,” the narrator says, promising a parklike atmosphere around the redeveloped venue.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

The parklike grounds cover three-quarters of an acre and feature flower-filled gardens and plenty of trees out back.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

The development is in a parklike setting with a creek and includes two swimming pools, a new two-story clubhouse by one pool and a renovated pool house next to the other pool.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2022

Olmsted himself had said of Jackson Park: “If a search had been made for the least parklike ground within miles of the city, nothing better meeting the requirement could have been found.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson