Example sentences for: cypresses

How can you use “cypresses” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Car drivers can negotiate the winding old side-road Via Vecchia Fiesolana for glimpses of handsome villas half-hidden among the cypresses and olive trees.

  • Time for a rest in the shade of the cypresses, pines, and holm oaks of the palace’s Boboli Gardens, a favorite picnic destination in Florence.

  • From the home of Cardinal Ippolito d’Este, guests can look down at the terraced gardens, the real reason for Tivoli’s fame and your visit: alleys of cypresses and soaring fountains (500 in all, including Bernini’s Bicchierone), grottoes, waterfalls, reflecting pools, and everywhere the cool sound of rushing water.

  • Barbarians and museum curators have removed most of the villa’s treasures, but a stroll through the remaining pillars, arches, and mosaic fragments in gardens running wild among the olive trees, cypresses, and pines can be marvelously evocative of a lost world.

  • Come at least for tea or a stroll among the cypresses and magnolias.


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