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also idyl
as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be
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Recent Examples of idyll
The warm reception of that volume, the vibrant intellectual and social life of Cambridge, and above all the friendship with Hallam conspired to make Tennyson’s university years something of an idyll.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Peppered with archival drawings of The Sea Ranch, quotations from the utopian community’s founding architects, and evocative family photographs, the document eloquently illuminates the Matases’ vision for their seaside idyll.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
The 1950s, mythologized by the New Right in its push for a more traditional social and economic order, were not an idyll.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Peppered with archival drawings of The Sea Ranch, quotations from the utopian community’s founding architects, and evocative family photographs, the document eloquently illuminates the Matases’ vision for their seaside idyll.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
The 1950s, mythologized by the New Right in its push for a more traditional social and economic order, were not an idyll.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for idyll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idyll
spree
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Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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The killings were part of a two-night spree ordered by Manson that left seven people dead and stunned the nation.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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“Idyll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idyll. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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