rusticating
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- rusticated adjective
Example Sentences
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On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021
A quiet, brooding sense of menace settles in right at the beginning, which finds Mr. Clooney, his silver hair complemented by a snowy beard, rusticating in the snowy Swedish countryside.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2010
Dona meets him while she is rusticating, away from it all, on her husband's Cornish estate.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they left town for England's long Easter holiday, rusticating members of His Majesty's Government ignored a Laborite M. P. who attempted the role of Cassandra.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not being a widow, relate your experience as a rusticating gentleman at large.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.
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