sylvan
Example Sentences
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Are you up for another sylvan frolic, courtesy of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine?
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023
The sylvan property set on a 2,600-acre nature preserve has been hosting the tribute since 1988, a year after the movie’s release.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
Temporary departures from the sylvan landscape for professional activities are prohibited, but the place has been known to have a hold on people.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
Scientists are also designing proteins with amino acid compositions similar to those in feed made of fish but created from sawdust and other forest residue plentiful in the sylvan state of Maine.
From Scientific American • May 7, 2022
The darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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