How to Use bucolic in a Sentence

bucolic

adjective
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  • Holding on to first place since June was a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home in a bucolic landscape.
    — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • This bucolic patch of England was once home to an active volcano that is now as sleepy as the surrounding farmland.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The open-air design gives riders unobstructed views of the bucolic scenery, endless rows of vines, and mountains in the distance.
    — Michele Petry, House Beautiful, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The far northwest corner of the state has more than its share of NYC escapees, looking for a bucolic setting and less stress.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • In it, the singer (born Yola Quartey) wears a floral blue dress and drives through a bucolic countryside in a custard yellow Chevrolet pickup truck.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • But nothing quite compares to Telluride — a bucolic long weekend in the Colorado mountains that also just happens to hold the coming awards season in the palm of its hand.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • If the five conservative justices hold the first view, different plaintiffs with more concrete and less bucolic interests could plausibly raise a claim against the diversion of funds.
    — S.m. | New York, The Economist, 29 July 2019
  • Happy families in bucolic settings, scuba divers in magical waters, and skiers amid majestic mountains floated above the harried and tired office workers who slogged to and from their trains.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • One of the keys to Lazarenko’s crooked offshore empire: a sprawling network of Wyoming shell companies, based out of a small house nestled in a bucolic Cheyenne neighborhood.
    — Casey Michel, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The front shows a bucolic scene of what this place once was.
    — Nick Watt, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • In the spring, the wildflowers bloom and the bucolic scenery comes to life.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2022
  • For decades, the area was known for farmland, with bucolic rows of cows and crops.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The tree man is shown in the midst of a bucolic landscape with a city skyline in the distance.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
  • From the outside, the bucolic scene seems peaceful and serene.
    — Janine Schindler, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Who doesn't dream of living off the land in a bucolic paradise?
    — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
  • There are shots of sprawling forests and bucolic Flowery Branch, a small town on the shores of Lake Lanier.
    — Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Breath of the Wild is set in a bucolic, open world that begs exploration.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The bucolic setting does not, in any way, call to mind high fashion.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 June 2022
  • Turn left and sail along the brief, bucolic drive that leads to your home for the weekend: Dillon Beach Resort.
    — Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2024
  • If all this and more sound good to you, make the drive to the bucolic Huntsville State Park with 21 miles of trails, playground, a bird blind and nature center.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron, 29 May 2022
  • And in the South, herds of hippos would soak like submarines in the bucolic waters of their riverside ranches.
    — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • The bucolic village of Three Pines, where most of Penny’s novels are set, has not been spared from covid-19.
    — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Laurent The terrace at Laurent is in a bucolic setting that’s just steps from the Champs-Élysées.
    — Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024
  • Weekenders come for the state parks, the bucolic vistas, art galleries and antique shops.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • But during the decades the mine was in operation, the area would have been anything but bucolic.
    — John Hanc, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
  • That meant once-bucolic villages on the city’s perimeter, like tiny Lukashivka, were not a safe haven.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The young camper taught himself to play the piano, wrote songs and staged bucolic musicals.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • After more than a week of focusing on an area south of the county jail, the search moved about 30 miles to the north, to a bucolic stretch of stone barns and thick woods south of Pottstown, Pa.
    — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Sure, you get pummeled by giant monsters, from griffins and ogres to lumbering cyclopses, but more than honing your combat skills, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is about moving through an bucolic open world teeming with interactive possibilities.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • With nearly 20 million followers across social media platforms, Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm has gone viral for her bucolic lifestyle content.
    — Alex Apatoff, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024

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