the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Obama has had several avenues (in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio) and boulevards (in California, Florida, Georgia and Missouri) named after him.—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025 La Vista was one of dozens of hotels built along Colfax from the 1930s through the 1960s, when the 27-mile boulevard — also a highway called U.S. 40 — was the gateway for tourists heading to the mountains.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 July 2025 To now be cemented on this legendary boulevard, surrounded by the icons who inspired me, feels like a dream.—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 July 2025 Rick Owens’ daring, baptismal fantasia in the fountain of the Palais de Tokyo was astonishing and a perfect opening for his retrospective show across the boulevard at the Palais Galliera.—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for boulevard
Word History
Etymology
French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark
Share