Sentence examples for picturesque character from inspiring English sources

Open space, land preservation and keeping the Island's picturesque character are at the top of the agenda for both industries.

The property, established in 1838, "is outstanding for its cohesive, picturesque character, integrated Gothic Revival architecture, and high integrity," said the secretary of the interior, Dirk Kempthorne.

Although much of Beijing's older and more picturesque character has been destroyed in the drive since 1949 to modernize and industrialize, some parts of the city are still redolent of the past.

She wasn't ashamed of admitting to panic at losing her breath in the high altitudes, nor of confessing that she made the roughest ascents perched on the shoulders of her guide, a picturesque character known as Mountain Jim.

Though they were subsequently rebuilt by Haj Amin al-Husayni's Supreme Muslim Council in the mid-1930s, their previous "picturesque" character was lost.

Charles J. Gussman, who brought delightfully tangled plots, addictively picturesque characters and heaping doses of steamy romance to soap operas he wrote for radio and television, died on Oct. 18.

Settled in 1872 with the arrival of the Santa Fe Railway, Dodge City attained notoriety as a frontier town on the Santa Fe Trail, the rendezvous of picturesque characters, the centre of freight lines, and the headquarters of the cattle business.

But he likes the picturesque, relaxed character of the enclave.

Van Gogh saw Roulin first as a picturesque local character.

They are particularly sensitive to landscape beauty and its picturesque quality.

It's a juicy subject, "male body image in modern America," with a picturesque cast of characters -- among them, Charles Atlas, Hugh Hefner and John Wayne Bobbitt.