picturesque

Example Sentences

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It made for a picturesque view against the blue mountains.

From Literature

But ire towards the plans runs deep in this affluent and picturesque stretch of Scotland's world-renowned golf coast.

From BBC

Two weeks after the release of the film, picturesque Haworth in northwest England with its narrow, cobbled streets and small stone houses, is packed.

From Barron's

Trefor is a sprawling village with pretty stone cottages and narrow streets offering a picturesque scene.

From BBC

Millions of litres of raw sewage have flown into the waters off Wellington's picturesque south coast beaches since the breakdown of the Moa Point facility on February 4.

From Barron's