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

Mr. Milbank, please hang on to your piece of paradise and rejoice in the slow but inexorable conversion from jungle to a more open, parklike setting.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

The parklike grounds cover three-quarters of an acre and feature flower-filled gardens and plenty of trees out back.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

Transportation agencies should have built a wide, parklike structure over the freeway, said Juarez.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

In photographs it looks serene and beckoning, parklike even, with hundreds of cool, deep lakes and hazy, tranquil miles of undulating mountains.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson