BOULEVARD in a Sentence

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59 example sentences for BOULEVARD, such as:
1. The boulevard appeared to be absolutely deserted.
2. A lantern on the boulevard cast a vague light into this poor room.
3. Planting flowers along the boulevards will help to beautify the town.
4. When darkness came on, he descended and carefully scrutinized both sides of the boulevard.
5. At that age, and on that boulevard, eight o'clock in the evening was the dead of the night.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BOULEVARD
boulevard
 n.  a wide street or thoroughfare
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
2  There are but few passers-by on that boulevard, particularly in the winter.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE'S INTELLIGE...
3  A lantern on the boulevard cast a vague light into this poor room.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER
4  All at once a heavily laden carrier's cart, which was passing along the boulevard, shook the frail bed, like a clap of thunder, and made it quiver from top to bottom.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—A NEST FOR OWL AND A WARBLER
5  The chamber with a dressing-room, which he occupied with Cosette, was the one whose window opened on the boulevard.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
6  Every evening, at twilight, he walked for an hour or two, sometimes alone, often with Cosette, seeking the most deserted side alleys of the boulevard, and entering churches at nightfall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
7  Jean Valjean might have attempted to catch another glimpse of him through his window opening on the boulevard, but he would have been obliged to open the window: he dared not.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
8  At that age, and on that boulevard, eight o'clock in the evening was the dead of the night.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
9  When darkness came on, he descended and carefully scrutinized both sides of the boulevard.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
10  The boulevard appeared to be absolutely deserted.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
11  Jean Valjean instantly quitted the boulevard and plunged into the streets, taking the most intricate lines which he could devise, returning on his track at times, to make sure that he was not being followed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY
12  At night, when Jean Valjean came out, Javert was waiting for him behind the trees of the boulevard with two men.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
13  The outer boulevard is their breathing space; the suburbs belong to them.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS
14  These men are terrible, when one encounters them, or catches a glimpse of them, towards midnight, on a deserted boulevard.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE
15  Marius slowly ascended the boulevard towards the barrier, in order to reach the Rue Saint-Jacques.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—TREASURE TROVE
Example Sentence:
1  Planting flowers along the boulevards will help to beautify the town.