picturesqueness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The honey-colored wood panels lining the ceiling stretch all the way to the back of the restaurant, beckoning those who enter further into the picturesqueness of it all.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022
Designed by Christopher Oram, Mr. Grandage’s frequent collaborator, the show has a heightened picturesqueness that is equally cozy and bleak, echoed in Alex Baranowski’s lonely penny-whistle music.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2013
“Così” was long regarded as a wanly charming diversion, and even today productions like the Metropolitan Opera’s emphasize its picturesqueness over its painfulness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2011
All that was left was picturesqueness and a sort of sunset charm, but that was enough to entrance the whimsical New Yorker.
From Time Magazine Archive
The park’s roads are comparatively few and they are kept intentionally narrow, partly to slow traffic, partly to preserve an air of picturesqueness, and partly because of topographical constraints.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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