Example Sentences

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Traditional European landscape painting, rooted in Poussin and Claude, had always depended on parklike emblems of the Arcadian, or at least on signs of man’s dominion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“Now it’s time to build a stadium for the next 75 years,” the narrator says, promising a parklike atmosphere around the redeveloped venue.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

In addition to its bright yellow accent doors and windows, the Emmy winner’s estate boasted five bedrooms and six bathrooms, parklike grounds and a swimming pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Established in 1895, the 65-acre, parklike setting is a splendid example of the 19th-century garden cemetery movement, which favored burials in rural, nonsectarian settings.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

It was a large, parklike hilltop with a wandering path lined at intervals with information boards describing charges and last-ditch stands and other confused, noisy action.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson