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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
But that sequence of prose idylls was the core of the collection.
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Literary Hub, 12 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
Their romantic idyll, however, didn’t last.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
This idyll on the banks of the Hudson, alas, cannot last, and the son inherits his father’s appetite for action with interest.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 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
Their romantic idyll, however, didn’t last.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
This idyll on the banks of the Hudson, alas, cannot last, and the son inherits his father’s appetite for action with interest.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for idyll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idyll
spree
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David Allen Funston cruised Sacramento-area streets during a 1995 crime spree, luring children into his car with toys, dolls and sweets.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hill, arrested the same day, was identified in surveillance stills from the night of the slayings by a police officer who arrested him days after the killings, wearing clothing identical to the clothing worn during the spree, authorities said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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