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adjective

halcyon

denoting a period of time that was idyllically happy and peaceful

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Six example sentences with halcyon, each labelled with its topic.

  • Fans still call the mid-nineties the halcyon years, when the band toured constantly and every record sold a million.

    Music

  • She remembers halcyon summers on the island, when the ferry ran twice daily and no hotel rose above the pines.

    Travel

  • Older traders describe the long expansion as halcyon days, with steady growth, cheap credit, and almost no unemployment anywhere.

    Economics

  • Fans remember the halcyon seasons of the early eighties, when the arena sold out and the team lost twice at home all year.

    Basketball

  • The memoir opens in a halcyon childhood by the river, all long afternoons and unlocked doors, before the family moved to the city.

    Literature

  • Founders speak of the halcyon years when money was cheap and a good slide deck could raise millions in a week.

    Startups

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