postcard

Example Sentences

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Not that the film is an idyllic picture postcard.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Up in Bormio and Cortina, alpine skiing has found a postcard backdrop of actual Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

“From my living-room window as I write,” she assures her readers, “I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm… like a lovely picture postcard of wintry New England.”

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

The Number 38 bus service threads a north-south path through Edinburgh, far from the picture postcard version of Scotland's capital.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

I dumped the mail onto the counter without a second glance, but sticking out from underneath the bills and catalogues is the corner of another postcard.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller