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Recent Examples of idyll In this idyll forest, Komljen contraposes urban restlessness with natural respite, where Branko is able to literally fuse into the natural world of flora and fauna. Sonya Vseliubska, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025 But for now, their great Forest Hills idyll has to come to an end. Kayla Levy, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2025 The song begins quite innocently as a pastoral idyll. Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2025 Iris and Isaac’s idyll is interrupted by the enemy of all great budding romances: the truth. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for idyll
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Noun
  • The Lees were up with the lark to chat about the major first-look contract with the Royal Court, which is something to cheer about at a time when the arts are cash-strapped and under attack, and under pressure due to economic and political forces.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But no matter who did what, Solo is a pretty entertaining, sometimes inspired lark that imagines how Han Solo (a really quite fine Alden Ehrenreich) met Chewbacca and Lando.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The series introduced Rosner’s Liam at the end of Season 3 as Maggie’s old summer fling who’d returned to seemingly stir up trouble.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Swipe the wonderfully oversized, self-neutralizing pads over your face and chest and get ready to meet a new level of luminosity—and maybe a new fling.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • During Week 1, Irwin and his partner Witney Carson charmed audiences with their jive, which was both a high-energy romp and a sweet homage to the family's outdoorsman history.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Wilson's Aces continue their romp through the WNBA playoffs with a semifinal matchup that begins Sunday against the Indiana Fever.
    Russell Lewis, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Set within the magical world of Harry Potter, this interactive book features two detachable plush characters, a peek-a-boo flap, textured pages, and other sensory elements for baby’s enjoyment.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Their goal was to create detergents and fabric care items that not only perform at the highest level but also bring a sense of refinement and enjoyment to the daily routine.
    Wyles Daniel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage and those who want slavery-supporting revels stripped of valor.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
  • So the couple also decided to give Huckleberry an important role in their gender revel.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Advertisement In the late 2000s, as the climate warmed further, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loosened restrictions on well drilling and started another dam building spree.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • When a chilling new spree of murders happens 37 years later, an older Georgia (Heather Mitchell) is pulled back into the nightmare.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Right frolics—forward, backward, sideways, in a spiral or a zigzag, going nowhere.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 31 July 2025

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