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picturesque
a. attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way; scenic
Classic Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1 He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days when he was free and happy.
2 This village, constructed in a singular and picturesque manner, half Moorish, half Spanish, still remains, and is inhabited by descendants of the first comers, who speak the language of their fathers.
3 Well, you know he reigned over a rich valley which was overhung by the mountain whence he derived his picturesque name.
4 Luigi wore the very picturesque garb of the Roman peasant at holiday time.
5 I will keep it," returned Morcerf; "but I fear that you will be much disappointed, accustomed as you are to picturesque events and fantastic horizons.
6 She wore the picturesque costume of the Catalan fisherwomen, a red and black bodice, and golden pins in her hair.
7 Such was the picturesque costume of the person who rang at the gate, and demanded if it was not at No.
8 "Beth and I are going over to Kitty Bryant's to get more flowers for tomorrow," added Amy, tying a picturesque hat over her picturesque curls, and enjoying the effect as much as anybody.
9 After this Amy subsided, till a mania for sketching from nature set her to haunting river, field, and wood, for picturesque studies, and sighing for ruins to copy.
10 It was early in the morning, but I didn't regret getting up to see it, for the bay was full of little boats, the shore so picturesque, and a rosy sky overhead.
11 The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
12 It was a lovely drive, along winding roads rich in the picturesque scenes that delight beauty-loving eyes.
13 The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth.
14 It was not that she wanted them to be more disinterested; but she would have liked them to be more picturesque.
15 The Narwhale has a very picturesque, leopard-like look, being of a milk-white ground colour, dotted with round and oblong spots of black.
Example Sentence:
1 The town is just a couple of miles from where Urquhart Castle stands in picturesque ruins beside the loch.
2 The centerpiece is a boat ride through an elaborate interactive stage set of picturesque slums and their associated smells, to conjure up an illusion of real Victorian life - and misery.
3 The very word conjures up nostalgic images of solitary brick or wooden towers with vanes set against picturesque fields.
4 It was a pretty town with a picturesque harbour and well-preserved buildings.