idyll

noun

ˈī-dᵊl How to pronounce idyll (audio)
variants also idyl
Definition of idyllnext
as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be

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Recent Examples of idyll Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core. — Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026 Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 The walls had a nominal utility as fences for the dairy herd that was milked in the great white cow barn, but this was only ever a Gilded Age fantasy of the rustic idyll. — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 But from here, in Jacopo’s one-hectare garden, you are tucked away in a Tuscan rural idyll. — Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for idyll
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spree
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  • That reticence ended after the tree-cutting spree earlier this month.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And Criss was concerned that unchecked growth of the program, coupled with a spree of tax cuts, could put the state budget into a tailspin.
    — Henry Culvyhouse, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of spree

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“Idyll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idyll. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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