idyll
noun
, British usually Ëi-(Ë)dil\
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Synonyms
binge, fling, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, ploy, revel, rollick, romp, spree
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The idyll ended when he was ordered home to attend Kim Il Sung Military University, named for his grandfather and founder of the totalitarian state. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: âThe Great Successorâ paints a macabre portrait of Kim Jong Un," 24 Aug. 2019 For Bond fans: Caresse, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa Cutting a dash on the water, Caresse looks like the sort of idyll James Bond might drift around at missionâs end. — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, "Discover Turkeyâs under-the-radar seaside paradise," 14 Aug. 2019 With white Adirondack chairs, sky-blue hammocks, a swimming pool and cornhole games, the National Building Museumâs annual summer installation captures the summer idyll. — Washington Post, "Where to chill in D.C. when it feels like an inferno outside," 19 July 2019 This charming idyll depicts the country life and cosmopolitan society of Corfu in the years immediately before the war . . . — Sangeeta Singh-kurtz, Quartzy, "Picking a âdestination novelâ is the secret to great summer reading," 4 July 2019 Anchoring this idyll is a town of around 7,850 residents, where stone-and-brick facades open to restaurants, bars and shops selling a gamut of goods, including native crafts, wellness products, clothing, sports gear and technical outerwear. — John Briley, Washington Post, "Better than Banff? In British Columbia, Nelson is a contender," 20 June 2019 This boyhood idyll, Mr. Taliaferro writes, had an indelible effect upon Grinnell, who developed a deep curiosity about the propertyâs flora and fauna while learning how to hunt and ride. — Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ, "âGrinnellâ Review: The Western Establishment," 14 June 2019 Their idyll was shattered when Johnson was forced to move out of her home, the couple said. — CNN, "New York's new LGBT-friendly elder housing is a lifeline, but only for a few," 27 June 2019 Its aesthetic high tide was The Birth of a Nation (1915), the silver-screen culmination of sentimental plantation novels that slandered Reconstruction and reimagined slavery as a chivalric idyll. — Julian Lucas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 10 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'idyll.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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idyll
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