Examples of boulevard in a Sentence
the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify and Salesforce now command the iconic boulevard.
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Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The epicenter of the community is Westwood, where the namesake boulevard is speckled with storefronts covered in Persian script.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Officers stationed along the boulevard handed out yellow and blue wristbands for parents to write their names and phone numbers on, then strap onto their children’s wrists — a precaution in case they got separated during the festivities.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Sacramento County sheriff’s officials said the victim was on a property near Marysville and Elkhorn boulevards in the Rio Linda area May 24, inspecting a trailer listed for sale, when he was shot.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
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Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The epicenter of the community is Westwood, where the namesake boulevard is speckled with storefronts covered in Persian script.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Officers stationed along the boulevard handed out yellow and blue wristbands for parents to write their names and phone numbers on, then strap onto their children’s wrists — a precaution in case they got separated during the festivities.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Sacramento County sheriff’s officials said the victim was on a property near Marysville and Elkhorn boulevards in the Rio Linda area May 24, inspecting a trailer listed for sale, when he was shot.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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boulevard
noun
bou·le·vard
ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 
ˈbül-
: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
Etymology
from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark
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