Examples of idyllic in a Sentence
He had an idyllic childhood.
an idyllic retreat in the countryside
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Life is ordinary and manageable, sometimes even idyllic, until terror thrusts in.
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Vulture, 21 Nov. 2023
This pie is idyllic comfort food with a combination of many common pantry ingredients not customarily found together.
—Nik Pugmire, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
The story follows a couple whose seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
Richard and Juliette’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
The home, which dates back to the 18th century, sits on 150 acres in the idyllic Westchester County town and includes chicken yards and coops, a vegetable greenhouse and garden, stables, and several guest houses.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
How to Say Babylon paints idyllic images of youthful freedom stifled too soon: When Sinclair was 5, her strict Rastafari father moved their family away from the sea—and the maternal relatives—that nourished them.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2023
The rockets were the one downside of the otherwise idyllic spot, Pinyan and his friends would say.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
On the morning of October 7th, as Hamas militants paraglided over Israel’s razor-wire fence to carry out a mass killing, Yahav Winner was waking up to his newborn daughter, Shaya, in his family’s home, in an idyllic desert community with fields of sunflowers and rows of palm trees.
—Yahav Winner, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
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Vulture, 21 Nov. 2023
This pie is idyllic comfort food with a combination of many common pantry ingredients not customarily found together.
—Nik Pugmire, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
The story follows a couple whose seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
Richard and Juliette’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
The home, which dates back to the 18th century, sits on 150 acres in the idyllic Westchester County town and includes chicken yards and coops, a vegetable greenhouse and garden, stables, and several guest houses.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
How to Say Babylon paints idyllic images of youthful freedom stifled too soon: When Sinclair was 5, her strict Rastafari father moved their family away from the sea—and the maternal relatives—that nourished them.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2023
The rockets were the one downside of the otherwise idyllic spot, Pinyan and his friends would say.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
On the morning of October 7th, as Hamas militants paraglided over Israel’s razor-wire fence to carry out a mass killing, Yahav Winner was waking up to his newborn daughter, Shaya, in his family’s home, in an idyllic desert community with fields of sunflowers and rows of palm trees.
—Yahav Winner, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Idyllic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idyllic. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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idyllic
adjective
idyl·lic
ī-ˈdil-ik 
: simple and charming
an idyllic little town
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