How to Use bucolic in a Sentence

bucolic

adjective

• Fans of horror know to steer clear of haunted mansions, dense forests, and bucolic cabins after sunset.
  — Elizabeth Horkley, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2020
• Overwhelmed firefighters had tried to protect the homes lining the bucolic country lanes — but many had burned.
  — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
• Perfect for running through bucolic fields (and taking a photo, natch) or just running errands in your hometown, this tote will add a hefty dose of whimsy to any outfit.
  — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 28 Aug. 2020
• The film begins in bucolic enough fashion, with a close-up of a baby crib mobile that might suggest peaceful nights and mornings in which a child is lulled into serenity.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• Traveling to the antipodes may not be easy, but the best resorts in Australia and New Zealand — always bucolic, sometimes wild — are worth the long-haul flight.
  — Chloe Sachdev, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• East of Geyserville, the property emerges on a bucolic hillside, a notable change of scenery within the mostly flat Alexander Valley.
  — Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• Barbara Stanwyck stars yet again, now assuming the role of a columnist who chronicles her fictitious life as a housewife at a bucolic Connecticut farm.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
• The front shows a bucolic scene of what this place once was.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
• In the spring, the wildflowers bloom and the bucolic scenery comes to life.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2022
• For decades, the area was known for farmland, with bucolic rows of cows and crops.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• The tree man is shown in the midst of a bucolic landscape with a city skyline in the distance.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
• From the outside, the bucolic scene seems peaceful and serene.
  — Janine Schindler, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Who doesn't dream of living off the land in a bucolic paradise?
  — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• There are shots of sprawling forests and bucolic Flowery Branch, a small town on the shores of Lake Lanier.
  — Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 9 Dec. 2022
• Breath of the Wild is set in a bucolic, open world that begs exploration.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 25 Oct. 2021
• The bucolic setting does not, in any way, call to mind high fashion.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 June 2022
• Turn left and sail along the brief, bucolic drive that leads to your home for the weekend: Dillon Beach Resort.
  — Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2024
• If all this and more sound good to you, make the drive to the bucolic Huntsville State Park with 21 miles of trails, playground, a bird blind and nature center.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron, 29 May 2022
• And in the South, herds of hippos would soak like submarines in the bucolic waters of their riverside ranches.
  — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2023
• The bucolic village of Three Pines, where most of Penny’s novels are set, has not been spared from covid-19.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• Laurent The terrace at Laurent is in a bucolic setting that’s just steps from the Champs-Élysées.
  — Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024
• Weekenders come for the state parks, the bucolic vistas, art galleries and antique shops.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• But during the decades the mine was in operation, the area would have been anything but bucolic.
  — John Hanc, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
• That meant once-bucolic villages on the city’s perimeter, like tiny Lukashivka, were not a safe haven.
  — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
• After more than a week of focusing on an area south of the county jail, the search moved about 30 miles to the north, to a bucolic stretch of stone barns and thick woods south of Pottstown, Pa.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Before that, Ohio's license featured a bucolic farm scene next to a cityscape that then-Gov.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2021
• In the end, Mr. Douthat’s illness defeats his bucolic dream.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2021
• The bucolic upstate lake home that most of the movie takes place in was built by her late architect husband, Owen (Evan Jonigkeit).
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• The giant doors have been replaced by glass and frame a bucolic view of distant grazing sheep.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2020
• This bucolic Kentucky scene could be lifted straight from a movie.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024