Example Sentences

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When we arrive, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple are picnicking under the trees outside.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Jordanna Vallance and Fran Addis, both from Harrogate, are picnicking in the sun and plan to return each year to photograph their babies in the blossom.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

First person: Aislinn Corey, a preschool teacher in London, has turned giving her two sons an orange or an apple into a game, slicing it into thirds and pretending they are picnicking.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Instead, save them to take when you are picnicking or camping, or put them in a lunch bag for school or work.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021

The natives are picnicking in the ravine below there.

From Nuttie's Father by Yonge, Charlotte Mary