Example Sentences

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I’d seen the Joey P. my entire life; I had visited it on field trips and picnicked in a park that stands in the shadow of its gun mounts.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Young women and men picnicked side by side on the pavement, chanting: “Woman! Life! Freedom!”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Streets of identical high-rise apartments were interspersed with parks and wide, tree-lined streets, while residents picnicked beside the Siverskyi Donets river and in forests nearby.

From Reuters • May 30, 2022

Families picnicked and took dips in the chilly water.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

We had picnicked above the beach among the sand dunes, almost on a kind of plateau.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep