plural sceneries
1
: the painted scenes or hangings and accessories used on a theater stage
2
: a picturesque view or landscape
3
: one's usual surroundings
needed a change of scenery
Examples of scenery in a Sentence
She designed the scenery for the play.
The scenery showed a forest.
We went for a drive to enjoy the scenery.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Both of those rankings praised the city for offering a sense of community, mountain scenery and a bustling arts scene.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Get an aerial view via a hot-air-balloon ride, or join a hike-and-sip tour to sample the local scenery and flavors.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
But Reichardt, who spends most of her time on the East Coast due to her teaching job at Bard College in upstate New York, was itching for a change of cinematic scenery.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Scenery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scenery. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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scenery
noun
scen·ery
ˈsēn-(ə-)rē 
1
: the painted scenes or hangings and accessories used on a theater stage
2
: a view or landscape resembling a beautiful painting
mountain scenery
3
: one's usual surroundings
needed a change of scenery
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