Synonyms of boulevard
Examples of boulevard in a Sentence
the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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Back to the boulevard and around Place de Clichy, with its statue of Marshal Moncey.
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
The city rewards walkers with wide boulevards, lively squares and major cultural attractions, including the Prado Museum and Retiro Park, which spans 125 hectares (308 acres) of historic gardens.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Strike 10 is more like a bowling boulevard, with an expansive bar and food lounge, bowling lanes, mini lanes and billiards (the Hallandale Beach location also has an arcade and a hookah lounge).
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Few cities in the world exude as much elegance as Paris, where every boulevard seems to have a story and every building appears a work of art.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
The city rewards walkers with wide boulevards, lively squares and major cultural attractions, including the Prado Museum and Retiro Park, which spans 125 hectares (308 acres) of historic gardens.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Strike 10 is more like a bowling boulevard, with an expansive bar and food lounge, bowling lanes, mini lanes and billiards (the Hallandale Beach location also has an arcade and a hookah lounge).
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Few cities in the world exude as much elegance as Paris, where every boulevard seems to have a story and every building appears a work of art.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for boulevard
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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boulevard
noun
bou·le·vard
ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 
ˈbül-
: 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
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