IDYLLIC in a Sentence

Learn IDYLLIC from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for IDYLLIC, such as:

1. But I can finish your idyll for you.
2. That place is an idyllic spot for a picnic.
3. Country life isn't as idyllic as townies imagine.
4. Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up.
5. Every year thousands of people flee the big cities in search of the pastoral/rural idyll.

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 Meanings and Examples of IDYLLIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
idyllic
 a.  excellent and delightful in all respects
Classic Sentence:
1  But I can finish your idyll for you.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
2  This was the state which the shepherd idyl, begun at five o'clock in the morning, had reached at half-past four in the afternoon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S
3  And the smile that she added made of this dialogue an idyl worthy of a grove situated in heaven.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT
Example Sentence:
1  Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up.
2  Country life isn't as idyllic as townies imagine.
3  That place is an idyllic spot for a picnic.
4  Every year thousands of people flee the big cities in search of the pastoral/rural idyll.